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DSN

A Data Source Name (DSN) is a string used by database drivers that contains the information required to connect to a database.

In other words, “the name that applications use to request a connection to an ODBC Data Source”1.

Footnotes

  1. What Is a DSN (Data Source Name)? - Microsoft Support. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/what-is-a-dsn-data-source-name-ae9a0c76-22fc-8a30-606e-2436fe26e89f. Accessed 12 May 2024. ↩