Client Server Database
A fat client is a PC configured for handling user interfaces and some application processing, usually with no or limited local data storage.
Requires certain criteria to be met in order to establish an ODBC connection.
Each vendor desiring to be ODBC-complaint provides an ODBC driver.
All of these
Provides a programming interface that provides a common language for application programs to access and process SQL databases independent of the RDBMS accessed.