UDL meaning in Networking ?

Answer:

What is Universal Data Link mean?

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC; also known as Windows DAC) is a framework of interrelated Microsoft technologies that allows programmers a uniform and comprehensive way of developing applications that can access almost any data store. Its components include: ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), OLE DB, and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). There have been several deprecated components as well, such as the Microsoft Jet Database Engine, MSDASQL (the OLE DB provider for ODBC), and Remote Data Services (RDS). Some components have also become obsolete, such as the former Data Access Objects API and Remote Data Objects.

The first version of MDAC was released in August 1996. At that time Microsoft stated MDAC was more a concept than a stand-alone program and had no widespread distribution method. Later Microsoft released upgrades to MDAC as web-based redistributable packages. Eventually, later versions were integrated with Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer, and in MDAC 2.8 SP1 they ceased offering MDAC as a redistributable package.

Throughout its history, MDAC has been the subject of several security flaws, which led to attacks such as an escalated privileges attack, although the vulnerabilities were generally fixed in later versions and fairly promptly. The current version is 2.8 service pack 1, but the product has had many different versions and many of its components have been deprecated and replaced by newer Microsoft technologies. MDAC is now known as Windows DAC in Windows Vista.

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Unified Design Labs	Business
Universal Design for Learning	Community
User Defined Language	Computer Assembly Language
Up Datalink	Computer Hardware
Universal Driver List	Computing
User Defined Logic	Computing
Unique Data List	Computing
Union of Doncaster and Lincolnshire	Country Specific
Under Detection Limit	General
Universal Driveline Lubricant	General
United Destruction Legion	General
Universal Design for	General
Ulster Defence League	General
Ultimate Dodgeball League	General
Universal Description of Legalism	Governmental
ANDAL JN	Indian Railway Station
Unit Designation List	Military and Defence
United Deployment List	Military and Defence
Universal Data Link	Networking
Uniformly Distributed Load	Networking
Uniform Data Link	Networking
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