Data source
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A data source is any of the following types of sources for (mostly) digitized data:
- a databaseDatabaseA database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
- in the Java software platform, datasourceDatasourceDatasource is a name given to the connection set up to a database from a server. The name is commonly used when creating a query to the database. The Database Source Name does not have to be the same as the filename for the database. For example, a database file named "friends.mdb" could be set up...
is a special name for the connection set up to a database from a server
- in the Java software platform, datasource
- a computer fileComputer fileA computer file is a block of arbitrary information, or resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage. A file is durable in the sense that it remains available for programs to use after the current program has finished...
- a data streamData streamIn telecommunications and computing, a data stream is a sequence of digitally encoded coherent signals used to transmit or receive information that is in the process of being transmitted....