MDAC
       Microsoft Data Access Components (MS)
       

Microsoft Data Access Components
MDAC

    (MDAC) Microsoft's umbrella term for their ActiveX
   Data Objects (ADO), OLE DB, and Open Database
   Connectivity (ODBC) libraries.  Together, these provide
   access to a variety of data sources, both relational (SQL)
   and nonrelational.  MDAC is the technology that supports
   Universal Data Access, Microsoft's strategy for providing
   access to information across the enterprise.

   
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/mdacsdk/htm/mdacstartpage1.asp>.

   (2004-02-17)