se> A relational databasesystem by software AG. While it was initially designed for large IBMmainframesystems (e.g. s/370 in the late 1970s), it has been ported to numerous other platforms over the last few yearssuch asseveral flavors of Unix including AIX. ADABAsstores its data in tables (and is thus "relational") but also usessome non-relational techniques, such asmultiple values and periodic groups. (1995-10-30)