# On Naming a Database Management System

DevFeed: [On Naming a Database Management System](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-naming-a-database-management-system-33710.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2020/03/on-naming-a-database-management-system.html>)

Author: Andy Pavlo

Published: 2020-03-19T11:18:01Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Andy Pavlo - Carnegie Mellon University](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/andy-pavlo-carnegie-mellon-university.md>)

Topics: [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

Andy discusses why naming database management systems is difficult, drawing on his experience with H-Store and Peloton and describing naming considerations for a new Postgres-compatible DBMS at Carnegie Mellon.

## Source excerpt

Andy deliberates over naming schemes for database management systems.