InterBase and Firebird Data Access Components Description
InterBase (and FireBird), Data Access Components is a collection of components that provides native connectivity from Delphi and C++Builder to InterBase or Firebird. It also includes Community Edition and Lazarus (and Free Pascal), for 32-bit and 64 bit platforms. InterBase clients allow IBDAC-based apps to connect directly to the server. IBDAC is intended to assist programmers in creating faster and cleaner InterBase application programs.
IBDAC is a complete alternative to standard InterBase connectivity solutions. It is an efficient alternative to InterBase express components, the Borland Database Engine - BDE, and the standard dbExpress driver to access InterBase.