Connectivity (ODBC) is an application interface developed by Microsoft that defines how a database client can access relational and non-relational databases in Windows environments. ODBC was one of the first standardized database access technologies and is similar to the SQL
database query language. ODBCaccesses
Manager application-controlled by means of the ODBC code and this accesses theRelational Database Management System
(RDBMS) via the ODBC driver. Originally ODBC was only available for Windows, in the meantime there are also implementations for Unix and Apple interfaces.