| Name
| Logo
| Advantages
| Disadvantages
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| XML
| 
| It is as easy as HTML.
XML is fully compatible with applications
XML is an extremely portable language to the extent that it can be used on large networks with multiple platforms
XML is an extendable language.
| More difficult, demanding, and precise
Lack of browser support/ end user applications
Still experimental/ not solidified
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| MySQL
| 
| It’s Easy To Use
Support Is Readily Available Whenever Necessary
It’s Open-Source (Sort Of)
It’s Incredibly Inexpensive
It’s An Industry Standard (And Still Extremely Popular)
| It’s Got A Few Stability Issues
It Suffers From Relatively Poor Performance Scaling
Development Is Not Community Driven – and Hence Has Lagged
Its Functionality Tends To Be Heavily Dependent On Addons
Developers May Find Some of Its Limitations to Be Frustrating
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| Access
| 
| Easy to install and use
Ease to integrate
.NET-friendly
Widely popular
Convenient storage capacity
Multi-user support
Importing data
| Finite
Structure Query Language (SQL)
One file
Static-Friendly
Multi-user limited
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