ActiveX Data Objects(A data access interface that communicates with OLE DB-compliant data sources to connect to, retrieve, manipulate, and update data)
Advanced Encryption Standard(A cryptographic algorithm specified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to protect sensitive information)
American National Standards Institute(A voluntary, nonprofit organization of U.S. business and industry groups formed in 1918 for the development of trade and communication standards. ANSI is the American representative of the International Standards Organization and has developed recommendations for the use of programming languages including FORTRAN, C, and COBOL)