The name of a data source that applications use to request a connection to the data source. For example, a data source name can be registered with ODBC through the ODBC Administrator program.
The logical name used by ODBC to refer to the drive and other information required to access data. The name is use by Internet Information Server for a connection to an ODBC data source, such as a SQL Server database. To set this name, you double-click ODBC in the Control Panel.
A name given to a set of properties about a database connection. Typically the DSN contains the SQL Server database configuration for your e.Order store and location information, but not the user name or password.
The name that allows a connection to an ODBC data source, such as an SQL database. You set this name by using the ODBC application in Control Panel.
a logical name for a data repository or database
a logical reference that exposes database to standards compliant or native data access drivers
An ODBC term for the collection of information used to connect your application to a particular ODBC database. The ODBC Driver Manager uses this information to create a connection to the database. A DSN can be stored in a file (a file DSN) or in the Windows Registry (a machine DSN). Compare with data connection.
DSN stands for Data Source Name. Data Source can be a database, spreadsheet, text file etc. We assign DSN to a data source so that irrespective of the data source details and location, we can use that data source; add, modify or delete records, just by knowing its DSN.
the ODBC term used to describe all of the information needed to locate and access a particular source of data. The DSN includes the ODBC driver used to access the data, the location of the data, plus as any necessary authentication information (username and password) required to retrieve the data.(footnote 1)