ODBC | A library containing data-access routines |
SQL | Structured Query Language; a language used in databases for data manipulations and database maintenance |
ODBC Driver | A driver representing ODBC interface of a database system |
Win32 | Part of MS Windows systems, which runs 32bit applications |
BDE | Borland Database Engine; standard database engine for Delphi and C++ Builder |
ODBC Data Source | Representation of a connection to a specific database system, typically to a database file or live connection to a database server |
Connection String | A sequence of digits and/or chars describing a connection to an ODBC data source and the data source itself |
Result Set | A result of SQL statement execution |
DDL | Data Definition Language; a language used to make data definitions |
DML | Data Manipulation Language; a language used to make data manipulations |
Transaction | A sequence of one or more SQL statements |
MSDAC | MS Data Access Components |