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'''Open Database Connectivity''' or '''ODBC''' is a standard [[software]] [[API]] for connecting to [[database management system]]s. This API is independent of any one [[programming language]], database system or [[operating system]]. ODBC is based on the [[Call Level Interface]] ([[CLI]]) specifications from [[SQL]], [[X/Open Company]] (now knownpart asof [[The Open Group]]), and the [[ISO]]/[[IEC]]. ODBC was created by the [[SQL Access Group]] and first released in September, 1992.
 
ODBC is a native interface that is accessed through a language that can make calls into a [[native library]]. In case of the [[Windows]] platform, this library is a [[DLL]]. [[Microsoft]] Windows was the first to provide an ODBC product. Now versions exist for [[UNIX]], [[OS/2]], and [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] platforms as well.