# data source name

> string that has an associated data structure used to describe a connection to a data source; often overlaps with "connection string"; need not be the same as the filename for the database

**Wikidata**: [Q1172241](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1172241)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_source_name)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/data-source-name


## References

1. [Source](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/what-is-a-dsn-data-source-name-ae9a0c76-22fc-8a30-606e-2436fe26e89f)
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. [Source](https://www.connectionstrings.com/odbc-dsn/)
4. [Source](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/dsn-connection-string-attribute?view=sql-server-ver15)
5. [Source](https://www.gridgain.com/docs/latest/developers-guide/SQL/ODBC/connection-string-dsn)
6. [Source](https://docs.actian.com/psql/psqlv13/index.html#page/odbc/odbcadm.htm)