ADO.NET stands for ActiveX Data Objects .NET. It's a part of the .NET Framework provided by Microsoft, and it is used to interact with data sources such as databases (like SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL) and XML files.

🧠 What is ADO.NET?

ADO.NET is a data access technology used in .NET applications to:

Connect to a data source

Execute commands (like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE)

Retrieve and manipulate data

It belongs to the System.Data namespace.