What Does Microsoft Access Mean?
Microsoft Access is a pseudo-relational database engine from Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications that also includes Word, Outlook and Excel, among others. Access is also available for purchase as a stand-alone product. Access uses the Jet Database Engine for data storage.
Techopedia Explains Microsoft Access
The Access Jet engine supports most database features, such as referential integrity, row-level locking and multiuser support with up to 255 concurrent user connections. Access is well-suited for creating small databases such as those used by single departments. It is not suitable for larger, enterprise-level databases. For these, Microsoft offers its SQL Server database engine.
