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Preface
CentreVu®
CMS Open Database Connectivity
Terminology P-3
Terminology 0
The following terms are used in this document.
API Application Programming Interface (API). For
ODBC, an API is the user interface that can
generate queries to a database.
CMS Call Management System.
DBMS Database Management System (DBMS). CMS
uses the
Informix
DBMS.
Driver An implementation of an ODBC API that supports
a particular DBMS; for example,
Informix
DBMS.
More specifically, a driver is a dynamic link library.
Driver Manager A driver manager loads specific drivers based on
the type of data being accessed.
Informix
A relational database in which CMS stores much
of its data, including administration and historical
data. More specifically, the CMS database is an
Informix
Standard Engine (SE).
ODBC Open Database Connectivity. ODBC is an
interface that allows applications to access data
from a database using SQL.
SQL Structured Query Language.