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Glossary Term Data Access Layer

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What is Data Access Layer?

Layer for abstracting database interactions.

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Understanding Data Access Layer

The data access layer is an abstraction that handles communication with databases or other data sources, isolating the application logic from direct data manipulation. Related terms: see ActiveX Data Objects (ADO).

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