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ODBC - Open Database Connectivity
About
In computing, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) provides a standard software API method for using database management systems (DBMS). The designers of ODBC aimed to make it independent of programming languages, database systems, and operating systems.
ODBC was created by the SQL Access Group and first released in September, 1992. ODBC is based on the Call Level Interface (CLI) specifications from SQL, X/Open (now part of The Open Group), and the ISO/IEC.
ODBC access is based on SQL (Structured Query Language) which is an English-like database access language designed to enable end-users to view and manipulate data files.
