Client Server Database
Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) architectures are useful for situations where data must remain in memory during processing to achieve the desired performance level.
Requires certain criteria to be met in order to establish an ODBC connection.
Provides a programming interface that provides a common language for application programs to access and process SQL databases independent of the RDBMS accessed.
Each vendor desiring to be ODBC-complaint provides an ODBC driver.