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Which of these technologies allows an application to use a database without any specific knowledge of the database engine?

A) COM+

B) Access

C) ODBC

D) SQL

E) dBASE

F) It helps that I really don’t have any specific knowledge

The answer: C) ODBC

ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) allows application developers to create and access information in a database without requiring any specific knowledge of the database service in use.

Want to know more? Watch “Windows Data Sources.” The Windows ODBC functionality allows developers to build applications without any concern over the type of database that the application will use. In this video, you’ll learn about Windows Data Sources and how to configure them for your ODBC-based applications.