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what does jdbc stands for?

 
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Hello Friends
I use to believe that jdbc stands for Java Database Connectivity but on sun microsystem's site it say that jdbc stands for nothing.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/guide/jdbc/getstart/intro.html
while another page on the sun's site says jdbc(Java Database Connectivity)
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/index.html
it appears that even sun microsystem is also confused regarding what jdbc stands for?
can any body clear my doubt
thanks
 
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Closer look on the second reference you have provided will reveal that there is a small word TM.in the northeast direction of the word JDBC.JDBC is trademarked.
 
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JDBC does not stand for anything. JDBC is just JDBC. Please download the latest spec from sun.
I had read abt this www.onjava.com site as well.
Intel had a term called AGP. Many said it stands for Acclerated Graphics Port but read a magazine (in 1998)where it said AGP is just AGP.
 
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I think its a technicality.
I can't imagine its possible to trademark an acronym (J2EE is trademarked also), i guess this is so Sun can control the people who write 'jdbc(tm) drivers'.
Everybody knows jdbc is a ripoff of ODBC.
So I guess if we put on our CV 'I am a J2EE developer' we are breaching Sun's trademark...
hey.. even 'JVM (tm)' is trademarked!!!
 
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We had a "Java Evangelist" from Sun who gave a presentation at our local JUG a while back last year (I think it was on upcoming features in the 1.4 JDK)... he joked that you should try and catch people out in interviews by asking them what JDBC stands for.
According to the fellow from Sun, JDBC doesnt stand for anything, although some people interpret it as "Java Database Connectivity", well at least I did before the presentation!
Cheers,
Mark
 
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John Dunn Busts Chops!!!
 
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So JDBC is almost like SQL, which used to stand for "Structured Query Language."
 
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