Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

ActiveX Data Objects
     
         (ADO) {Microsoft}'s
        {library} for accessing data sources through {OLE DB}.
        Typically it is used to query or modify data stored in a
        relational database.
     
        {Home
        (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ado270/htm/adostartpage1.asp)}.
     
        (2003-07-08)