ActiveX Data Objects

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

ActiveX Data Objects
ADO

   <database, Microsoft, programming> (ADO) {Microsoft}'s
   {library} for accessing data sources through {OLE DB}.
   Typically it is used to query or modify data stored in a
   relational database.

   Home
   
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ado270/htm/adostartpage1.asp).

   (2003-07-08)