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Definitions of open database connectivity:

an industry standard method of connecting to a database to request and receive data records.
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A standard application programming interface (API) for accessing data in both relational and non-relational database management systems. Using this API, database applications can access data stored in database management systems on a variety of computers even if each database management system uses a different data storage format and programming interface.
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Open database connectivity is a standard for database access co-opted by Microsoft from the SQL Access Group consortium.
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An open standard application programming interface (API) for accessing a database. By using ODBC statements in a program, you can access files in a number of different databases, including Access, dBase, DB2, Excel, and Text. In addition to the ODBC software, a separate module or driver is needed for each database to be accessed.
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Non-proprietary programming SQL interface specified by Microsoft for database connectivity. It offers access to a variety of PC, minicomputer and mainframe systems, plus Apple networks.
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A standard developed by Microsoft Corporation to provide connectivity to Windows-based tools to different ODBC-compliant databases.
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An interface that enables one to access different database systems with one common language.
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Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a standard software API for connecting to database management systems (DBMS). This API is independent of any one programming language, database system or operating system. 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 was created by the SQL Access Group and first released in September, 1992.
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