The Full form of ADO is Active Data Objects, or ADO stands for Active Data Objects, or the full name of given abbreviation is Active Data Objects.
ADO (Active Data Objects)
ADO is known as Active Data Objects, In computing, Microsoft's ActiveX Data Objects comprises a set of Component Object Model objects for accessing data sources. A part of MDAC, it provides a middleware layer between programming languages and OLE DB.
ADO allows a developer to write programs that access data without knowing how the database is implemented; developers must be aware of the database for connection only. No knowledge of SQL is required to access a database when using ADO, although one can use ADO to execute SQL commands directly (with the disadvantage of introducing a dependency upon the type of database used).
Microsoft introduced ADO in October 1996, positioning the software as a successor to Microsoft's earlier object layers for accessing data sources, including RDO (Remote Data Objects) and DAO (Data Access Objects).
ADO is made up of four collections and twelve objects.