Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) from Microsoft lets application developers integrate database connections in applications. It is an application programming interface (API). ODBC drivers convert an application's query int SQL and send it to the database engine program.
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Open DataBase Connectivity. Standardised interface, or middleware, for accessing a database from a program.
Open Database Connectivity standard for linking client workstation with server database.
(In topic `Middleware & EAI`) ODBC is an acronym for Open Database Connectivity
A standard for accessing different database systems. There are interfaces for Visual Basic, Visual C++, SQL and the ODBC driver pack contains drivers for the Access, Paradox, dBase, Text, Excel and Btrieve databases.
Object-Oriented Database Connectivity + Open Database Computing + Open Data Base Connectivity [Microsoft]
Open Database Connectivity. An application programming interface (API) that enables database applications to access data from a variety of existing data sources.
Open Database Connectivity