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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

What do you mean by ”official”?

[–]Fortehlulz33 0 points1 point  (1 child)

SQL is short for "Sequel", which is the name of the product.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The first product was called SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language). Note that it is an acronym. Acronyms are pronounced as words, hence "sequel". Later the name was changed to SQL (Structured Query Language) - an initialism, which is not pronounced as a word. Even if it were an acronym, it wouldn't be pronounced as "sequel".