Microsoft Data Access Components


Microsoft Data Access Components

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

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