title: What Is ODBC
tags: db odbc

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is an open standard application programming interface (API) that allows application programmers to access any database.


# Resources
* [techtarget article](https://www.techtarget.com/searchoracle/definition/Open-Database-Connectivity#:~:text=Open%20Database%20Connectivity%20(ODBC)%20is,programmers%20to%20access%20any%20database.)