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title: "Microsoft-Supplied ODBC Drivers | Microsoft Docs"
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# Microsoft-Supplied ODBC Drivers
*Drivers* are libraries that implement the functions in the ODBC API. Each driver is specific to a particular database management system (DBMS). In most cases, drivers expose the capabilities of the underlying DBMS; they are not required to implement capabilities not supported by the DBMS. Drivers perform specific tasks and can be classified into two categories: file-based and DBMS-based. For more information about drivers and driver architecture, see [Drivers](../../odbc/reference/drivers.md).  
  
 This section contains the following topics.  
  
-   [Using 16-Bit and 32-Bit Applications with 32-Bit Drivers](../../odbc/microsoft/using-16-bit-and-32-bit-applications-with-32-bit-drivers.md)  
  
-   [Microsoft ODBC Desktop Database Drivers](../../odbc/microsoft/microsoft-odbc-desktop-database-drivers.md)  
  
-   [ODBC Driver for Oracle](../../odbc/microsoft/odbc-driver-for-oracle.md)  
  
-   [Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver](../../odbc/microsoft/visual-foxpro-odbc-driver.md)