OLE DB

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

OLE DB

   <database, programming> {Microsoft}'s low-level {application
   program interface} (API) for access to data sources.

   "OLE" originally stood for {Object Linking and Embedding} and
   "DB" for database but Microsoft no longer ascribes these
   meanings.

   (2008-03-19)