English Dictionary
◊ MAGNUM
magnum
n : a large bottle for liquor or wine
English Computing Dictionary
◊ MAGNUM
MAGNUM
A {database} language for {DEC-10}'s, used internally by
{Tymshare, Inc.}. MAGNUM was designed in the late 1970's by
Dale Jordan, Rich Strauss and Dave McQuoid originally, and was
written in {BLISS-10}. It was the world's first commercial
{relational database}. It was in the process of being written
in 1976.
(1995-01-25)