mdac

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

Microsoft Data Access Components
MDAC

   <database> (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)