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Oracle9i Database Master Glossary: B
(Release 2 (9.2); includes Windows books)

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Glossary Definitions

B

BA BC BE BF BI BL BO BR BU BY

background process (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

backup (Administrator's Guide for Windows )
    [definition #2] (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #3] (Getting Started for Windows)

backup and recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

backup control file (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

backup mode (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

backup piece (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

backup redundancy (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

backup retention policy (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

backup set (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

backup, closed (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

backup, whole database (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

base (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

base index tuning (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

batch geocoding (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

BC4J (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

BEFORE trigger (Concepts)

BFILES (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Binary Large Object (BLOB) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

binary sorting (Globalization Support Guide)

bind reference (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

bind variable (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #2] (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)
    [definition #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

binding (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

binning (Data Mining Concepts)

bit (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

bitmap indexes (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

Blackout (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

BLOB (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

block (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

block media recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

blocking interrupt (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

body (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

bottleneck (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

boundary (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

break (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

break column (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

break group (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

break hierarchy (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

break order (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

break report (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

breaking a mirror (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

broker (Data Guard Broker)
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

broker configuration (Data Guard Broker)

buffer (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

buffer busy global cache (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

buffer busy waits (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

buffer cache (Concepts)

buffer pool (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

buffer state (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

Business-to-Business (B2B) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Business-to-Consumer (B2C) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

bystander (Data Guard Broker)

byte (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

byte semantics (Concepts)

Bytecodes (Java Developer's Guide)