What is SQLite application?

What is SQLite used for?

SQLite is often used as the on-disk file format for desktop applications such as version control systems, financial analysis tools, media cataloging and editing suites, CAD packages, record keeping programs, and so forth. The traditional File/Open operation calls sqlite3_open() to attach to the database file.

What is SQLite and how it works?

SQLite works by compiling SQL text into bytecode, then running that bytecode using a virtual machine. The sqlite3_prepare_v2() and related interfaces act as a compiler for converting SQL text into bytecode. The sqlite3_stmt object is a container for a single bytecode program that implements a single SQL statement.

What is the difference between SQL and SQLite?

SQL is standard which specifies how relational schema is created, data is inserted or updated in relations, transactions are started and stopped, etc. SQLite is file-based. It is different from other SQL databases because unlike most other SQL databases, SQLite does not have separate server process.

What is SQLite in simple terms?

SQLite is a C-language library that implements a small, fast, self-contained, high-reliability, full-featured, SQL database engine. SQLite is the most used database engine in the world.