– Microsoft stopped including it with Office/Windows gradually, but its ghost lives on in every Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 connection string.
The Microsoft Jet Database Engine has undergone significant changes over the years. In 2007, Microsoft released the Microsoft Office Access 2007, which introduced a new database engine called the Microsoft Office Access Database Engine (also known as the ACE database engine). The ACE engine is a successor to the Jet Engine, providing improved performance, security, and scalability. microsoft jet database engine
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✅ – Yes, early web apps ran on Jet. It was the cheap, simple backend for small sites. simple backend for small sites.