Introduction
JDBC is an amusing acronym in that it doesn't actually stand for anything. It's widely agreed that the “J” means Java and the DB means “database,” but no one seems quite sure about the “C”. Connectivity? Connection? Something like that, anyway.[1] JDBC is probably a play off ODBC, Microsoft's Open Database Connect utility, but at this writing no definitive expansion of the acronym exists. Regardless of what JDBC stands for, it refers to the suite of mechanisms whereby Java applications interact with databases.
[1] Here's a mean-spirited but possibly fun office game: get the local windbag in a public situation (perhaps a meeting, but one of the periodic gatherings-with-cake would also do nicely) and ask him/her what JDBC stands for. ...
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