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(Unit-III) Working with ADO.net Introduction: Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects.NET (ADO.NET) is a model used by .NET applications using which you can communicate with the database directly for retrieving and manipulating data. ADO.NET is the main data access system that .NET application uses. ADO.NET uses a disconnected data architecture, which means that the data you work with is just a copy of the data in the database. New Features in ADO.NET The new features of ADO.NET are as follows: Ø Language-Integrated Query (LINQ): LINQ is a new innovation and one of the components of .NET Framework 3.5 that adds native data capabilities to .NET languages using syntax similar to SQL. LINQ to ADO.NET is a LINQ technology to enable querying in ADO.NET using LINQ programming model. LINQ to ADO.NET consists of two related technologies: LINQ to DataSet and LINQ to SQL. LINQ to DataSet provides faster querying of data on the contents of a DataSet. LINQ t