IMAGE (database)
IMAGE is a database management system (DBMS) developed by Hewlett Packard and included with the HP 3000 minicomputer. It was the primary reason for that platform's success in the market. It was also sometimes referred to as IMAGE/3000 in its initial release, and later versions were known as TurboIMAGE, and TurboIMAGE/XL after the PA-RISC migration. IMAGE is based on the network database model, in contrast to most modern systems which are based on the relational database model. A SQL (Structured Query Language) front-end processor was later added, offering users the ability to run SQL  queries on existing databases. This produced IMAGE/SQL, the current name. Overview. IMAGE consists of several utilities along with an API (referred to as "intrinsics" by the HP documentation): The following is a sample list of the API calls used for application development. These calls are supported by HP's compilers: COBOL, FORTRAN, BASIC, SPL, PASCAL and C. History. The significant highlights of IMAGE are: