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A data source is simply the source of the data. It can be a file, a particular database on a DBMS, or even a live data feed. The data might be located on the same computer as the program, or on another computer somewhere on a network. |
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A '''data source''' is any of the following types of sources for (mostly) digitized data: |
A '''data source''' is any of the following types of sources for (mostly) digitized data: |
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*a [[database]] |
*a [[database]] |
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*a [[computer file]] |
*a [[computer file]] |
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*a [[data stream]] |
*a [[data stream]] |
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<ref>[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/odbc/reference/data-sources?view=sql-server-2017 Data Sources]</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:40, 8 December 2018
A data source is any of the following types of sources for (mostly) digitized data:
- a database
- in the Java software platform, datasource is a special name for the connection set up to a database from a server
- a computer file
- a data stream