Database Driver

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A Database Driver is a computer program that implements a protocol (Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) or Java Database Connectivity(JDBC)) for a database connection. The driver works like an adaptor which connects a generic interface to a specific database vendor implementation. ... To connect with individual databases, JDBC requires drivers for each specific database type

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