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[[File: | [[File:Database Database.jpg|thumb|Earliest known version of the English computer science nursery rhyme "'''Database Database'''".]]"'''Database Database'''" is an English language computer science nursery rhyme. | ||
== English version == | |||
The English version has been dated to at least 1744. | The English version has been dated to at least 1744. | ||
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The verse has several popular forms, including: | The verse has several popular forms, including: | ||
< | <blockquote> | ||
Database, database | Database, database<br> | ||
Your schema's on fire | Fly away home!<br> | ||
Your columns shall burn! | Your schema's on fire<br> | ||
</ | Your columns shall burn!<br> | ||
</blockquote> | |||
During the [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]], "Database Database" went viral with [[Les Empyrées]]. | During the [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]], "Database Database" went viral with [[Les Empyrées]]. | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:2001 - A Goose Odyssey.jpg|link=2001: A Goose Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Goose Odyssey]]''''' is a 1968 science fiction nursery rhyme film. | |||
File:Humpty Dumpty on Huffman coding.jpg|link=Humpty Dumpty on Huffman coding|"'''[[Humpty Dumpty on Huffman coding|When I use Huffman coding]]'''," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." | |||
File:The Imitation Strange.jpg|link=The Imitation Strange|'''''[[The Imitation Strange]]''''' is a 2016 American historical superhero film about mathematician Alan Turing, who decrypted German intelligence messages for Doctor Strange during World War II. | |||
File:Quantum of Software.jpg|link=Quantum of Software|'''''[[Quantum of Software]]''''' is a 2008 spy film about an MI6 software developer (Daniel Craig) who must stop an advanced quantum computer (Colossus) from staging a coup d'état. Co-starring Ada Lovelace as M. | |||
File:Allumette Empyrées.jpg|link=Les Empyrées|''[[Les Empyrées]]'' can't get enough ''Database Database''. | File:Allumette Empyrées.jpg|link=Les Empyrées|''[[Les Empyrées]]'' can't get enough ''Database Database''. | ||
File:Ladybug_taking_flight.jpg|Ladybug taking flight. | |||
File:Coccinellidae_(Ladybug)_Anatomy.svg.png|Shameless ''Coccinellidae'' diagram bares all. | File:Coccinellidae_(Ladybug)_Anatomy.svg.png|Shameless ''Coccinellidae'' diagram bares all. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* ''[[2001: A Goose Odyssey]]'' | |||
* [[Cyberlepsis]] | * [[Cyberlepsis]] | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[Hasselblad, Hasselblad]] - confer [[Cantor Parabola]] and [[Crimes against light]] | |||
* [[Humpty Dumpty on Huffman coding]] | |||
* [[Les Empyrées]] | * [[Les Empyrées]] | ||
* [[Node.js Node.js]] | |||
* ''[[Quantum of Software]]'' | |||
* [[Sisyphus Sisyphus]] | |||
* ''[[The Imitation Strange]]'' | |||
* [[The wages of software]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybird_Ladybird Ladybird Ladybird] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybird_Ladybird Ladybird Ladybird] @ Wikipedia | ||
* [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1957/07/the-space-childs-mother-goose/640775/ The Space Child's Mother Goose] By Frederick Winsor | |||
=== Social media === | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1725744595898692079 Post] @ Twitter (17 November 2023) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1609566854225199107 Post] @ Twitter (1 January 2023) | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Animals (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Insects (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Fire (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Computers (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Databases (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Software (nonfiction)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 22:17, 17 November 2023
"Database Database" is an English language computer science nursery rhyme.
English version
The English version has been dated to at least 1744.
The verse has several popular forms, including:
Database, database
Fly away home!
Your schema's on fire
Your columns shall burn!
During the French Revolution, "Database Database" went viral with Les Empyrées.
Cyberlepsis
Compare Cyberlepsis - "Hash code, hash code, all fall down!"
In the News
2001: A Goose Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction nursery rhyme film.
"When I use Huffman coding," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."
The Imitation Strange is a 2016 American historical superhero film about mathematician Alan Turing, who decrypted German intelligence messages for Doctor Strange during World War II.
Quantum of Software is a 2008 spy film about an MI6 software developer (Daniel Craig) who must stop an advanced quantum computer (Colossus) from staging a coup d'état. Co-starring Ada Lovelace as M.
Les Empyrées can't get enough Database Database.
Ladybug taking flight.
Shameless Coccinellidae diagram bares all.
_Anatomy.svg.png)
Fiction cross-reference
- 2001: A Goose Odyssey
- Cyberlepsis
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Hasselblad, Hasselblad - confer Cantor Parabola and Crimes against light
- Humpty Dumpty on Huffman coding
- Les Empyrées
- Node.js Node.js
- Quantum of Software
- Sisyphus Sisyphus
- The Imitation Strange
- The wages of software
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Ladybird Ladybird @ Wikipedia
- The Space Child's Mother Goose By Frederick Winsor