JDBC architecture interview question

[rashmi gadgil]

Hi,
I was asked in an interview whether JDBC is connected or disconnected architecture.
Whats does this mean?What is the correct answer for this

[Ted Smyth]

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/adodotnetdataproviders/thread/24cec32c-af1c-43c3-9aaf-e5351d76ed1c/

has a good definition of each, but doesn't discuss JDBC specifically (you can read the JDBC docs for that).