OLEDB

Definition	:	Object Linking and Embedding, Database
Category	:	Computing » Databases
Country/Region	:	Worldwide
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What does OLEDB mean?

Object Linking and Embedding, Database (OLEDB or OLE-DB) is an API designed by Microsoft, allows accessing data from a variety of data sources. OLE DB is conceptually divided into consumers and providers.
Consumers: Are applications that need access to the data.
Providers: Are the software components that provides the consumer data by using OLE DB APIs.