Microsoft Jet Database Engine
E276961
Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a file-based relational database engine from Microsoft used primarily by desktop applications such as Access for storing and managing structured data.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Access Database Engine | 1 |
| Microsoft Access Database Engine | 1 |
| Microsoft Jet | 1 |
| Microsoft Jet Database Engine canonical | 1 |
| Microsoft Jet OLEDB provider | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2554755 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microsoft Jet Database Engine Context triple: [Microsoft Access, supportsBackend, Microsoft Jet Database Engine]
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A.
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is a Microsoft Office database management system that combines a relational database engine with a graphical user interface and development tools for building data-driven applications.
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B.
SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
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C.
ODBC
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a standard API that enables applications to access and query data from a wide variety of relational and non-relational database management systems using a common interface.
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D.
OLE DB
OLE DB is a Microsoft data access API that provides a uniform way for applications to access data from a variety of relational and non-relational data sources.
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E.
IBM DB2
IBM DB2 is a family of enterprise-grade relational database management systems developed by IBM, widely used for high-performance, scalable data storage and transaction processing across mainframe, distributed, and cloud environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microsoft Jet Database Engine Target entity description: Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a file-based relational database engine from Microsoft used primarily by desktop applications such as Access for storing and managing structured data.
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A.
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is a Microsoft Office database management system that combines a relational database engine with a graphical user interface and development tools for building data-driven applications.
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B.
SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
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C.
ODBC
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a standard API that enables applications to access and query data from a wide variety of relational and non-relational database management systems using a common interface.
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D.
OLE DB
OLE DB is a Microsoft data access API that provides a uniform way for applications to access data from a variety of relational and non-relational data sources.
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E.
IBM DB2
IBM DB2 is a family of enterprise-grade relational database management systems developed by IBM, widely used for high-performance, scalable data storage and transaction processing across mainframe, distributed, and cloud environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
relational database engine
ⓘ
software component ⓘ |
| accessedVia |
ADO
ⓘ
linked to:
ADO.NET
DAO ⓘ ODBC ⓘ OLE DB ⓘ |
| architecture | 32-bit ⓘ |
| concurrencyModel |
file-level locking
ⓘ
page-level locking ⓘ |
| dataModel | relational model ⓘ |
| designedFor |
desktop applications
ⓘ
single-user scenarios ⓘ small workgroup scenarios ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel | redistributable with applications ⓘ |
| doesNotSupport |
high-concurrency enterprise workloads
ⓘ
true client-server architecture ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.mdb
ⓘ
.mde ⓘ |
| hasLimit | 2 GB maximum database file size (approximate, excluding system overhead) ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Microsoft Access 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Access
|
| operatedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| partOf |
Microsoft Data Access technologies
ⓘ
linked to:
ADO.NET
|
| platform |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| replacedBy |
Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider
ⓘ
Microsoft Access Database Engine ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft ACE OLEDB provider
|
| softwareGenre | database engine ⓘ |
| status | legacy technology ⓘ |
| storageModel | file-based database ⓘ |
| successor | Microsoft SQL Server Express in many scenarios ⓘ |
| supports |
ANSI SQL subset
ⓘ
SQL ⓘ compact and repair operations ⓘ data types such as text, number, date/time ⓘ embedded in application processes ⓘ indexes ⓘ password protection at database file level ⓘ referential integrity ⓘ transactions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Microsoft Access
ⓘ
Microsoft Office applications ⓘ Visual Basic 6.0 ⓘ
linked to:
Visual Basic
classic ASP applications ⓘ |
| usedFor |
managing structured data
ⓘ
storing structured data ⓘ |
| usedIn | legacy line-of-business applications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Microsoft Jet Database Engine Description of subject: Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a file-based relational database engine from Microsoft used primarily by desktop applications such as Access for storing and managing structured data.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.