Definitions for "data consumer"
an application or component that uses an OLE DB interface to access a data source
an application or other COM component that uses the application program interfac (API) of OLE DB to access a data source
an application that uses the services of a data provider for the purposes of storing, retrieving, and manipulating data
an InfoBus participant that implements InfoBusDataConsumer to listen for availability and revocation events, and requests data items by firing events on the bus