What does the acronym MDE stand for in MS Access?

[Guest]

I know what the file format provides, but am curious as to what the actual
letters MDE stand for. Please help, if possible.

Thanks,
Karen

 

[Dodo]

I know what the file format provides, but am curious as to what the
actual letters MDE stand for. Please help, if possible.

Modular Design Environment

Microsoft Developer's Edition

Might Do Either

Maryland Department of the Environment

measures and disarmament in Europe

Motor Drive Electronics

Mission Data Entry

Manual Data Entry

Materials Degradation Experiment

Michigan Department of Education

MaXware Directory Explorer

Multiple Data Entry

main diesel engine

and many, many more.

I guess it's either the first or the second one, as I didn't find the
conclusive explanation! ;-)))

 

[Guest]

Hi, Karen.

I know what the file format provides, but am curious as to what the actual
letters MDE stand for.

MDE stands for Microkernel Development Environment.

HTH.
Gunny

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[Chris Mills]

Missing Da English.

 

[TC]

Nicely put !!

TC

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

The real question is, what do mdC and mdD stand for?
Access uses MDA,MDB, , ,MDE, MDF is SQL Server,
then MDN, MDT, MDW, MDZ are also Access.

(david)

 

[TC]

Good question!

I couldn't see MDC in the list here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/filextlibrary/

MDN is a new one on me! I gather it is the template for blank
databases. Live & learn

Cheers,
TC

 

[Chris Mills]

Thanks to David, and TC for posting an extension list.
Gunny's was not obviously a joke.

Answer: I don't think we're supposed to know!

MDA
"Add-in file and workgroup file associated with Microsoft Access" (A2.0)
-best thought of as MD-Aahhh?"

MDB
"MDB is the file extension for the Database file associated with Microsoft
Access"
-actually I think of DB as DataBase, goodness knows what M stands for.
-it precedes Access95, otherwise it could have been "Mush DataBase".

MDE
MDE is the file extension for the MDE file associated with Microsoft Access.
-That's as good as any! I think of it as "MD-Executable", which it kinda is,
of sorts, perhaps, maybe, and all other disclaimers.

Apparently(!) the MD is common to a lot of Access file-types. Presumably so
they can be "related". But "Microsoft Database" seems TOO general-purpose.

Then there's OCX, which quite obviously stands for "OctiveX"
(not listed in TC's kind link)(MDA clearly stands for Meddling Damn
Australian)

Chris ))))))))))))))