<s>
Remote	B-Device
Data	I-Device
Objects	I-Device
(	O
abbreviated	O
RDO	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
obsolete	O
data	B-General_Concept
access	I-General_Concept
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
primarily	O
used	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
applications	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
later	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
database	B-General_Concept
connection	I-General_Concept
,	O
queries	O
,	O
stored	O
procedures	O
,	O
result	O
manipulation	O
,	O
and	O
change	O
commits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
create	O
interfaces	O
that	O
can	O
directly	O
interact	O
with	O
Open	B-Application
Database	I-Application
Connectivity	I-Application
(	O
ODBC	B-Application
)	O
data	O
sources	O
on	O
remote	O
machines	O
,	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
comparatively	O
complex	O
ODBC	B-Application
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Remote	B-Device
Data	I-Device
Objects	I-Device
was	O
included	O
with	O
versions	O
4	O
,	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
6	O
of	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
;	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
RDO	O
is	O
version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
