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title: "ODBC in Windows | Microsoft Docs"
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# ODBC in Windows
The following items apply only to ODBC running in Microsoft® Windows NT®/Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows® 95/98 operating systems.  
  
 This section contains the following topics.  
  
-   [Standards-Compliant Applications and Drivers](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/standards-compliant-applications-and-drivers.md)  
  
-   [Header Files](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/header-files.md)  
  
-   [Passing CString Objects to ODBC Functions](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/cstring-class.md)  
  
-   [Creating and Terminating Threads](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/creating-and-terminating-threads.md)