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Microsoft Jet Database Engine Microsoft Jet Database Engine The Microsoft Jet Database Engine (also "Microsoft JET Engine" or simply "Jet") is a database engine on which several Microsoft products have been built. The first version of Jet was developed in 1992, consisting of three modules which could be used to manipulate a database. JET stands for "Joint Engine Technology". Microsoft Access and Visual Basic use or have used Jet as their underlying database engine. However, it has been superseded for general use, first by Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE), then later by SQL Server Express. For larger database needs, Jet databases can be upgraded (or,