[wayneftw]

> SQL kernel

I've never heard this term before and a brief search for it did not bear any definitions.

Can you expand on what exactly makes an SQL kernel?

[sachdevap]

Not GP, but I think they are referring to https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter/wiki/Jupyter-kernels

[mweatherill]

Whilst jupyter notebooks are often synonymous with python code, the languages are actually pluggable by using a different kernel. Microsoft have implemented an SQL kernel which means you can write SQL queries directly in a notebook.