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.