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

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Glossary Definitions

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DA DB DC DD DE DF DI DL DM DN DO DR DS DT DU DY

daemon (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

data block (Concepts)

data block address (DBA) (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

data block number (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

data consistency (Concepts)

Data Control Language (DCL) (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

Data Definition Language (DDL) (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

Data Definition Statements (DDL) (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

data dictionary (Administrator's Guide for Windows )
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Concepts)
    [definition #4] (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #5] (Getting Started for Windows)
    [definition #6] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)
    [definition #7] (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
    [definition #8] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

Data Encryption Standard (DES) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

Data Guard (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

Data Guard configuration (Data Guard Broker)

Data Guard environment (Data Guard Broker)

Data Guard Manager (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

data integrity (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

data loss (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

Data Manipulation Language (DML) (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

Data Manipulation Statements (DML) (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

data mart (Data Warehousing Guide)

data mining (Data Mining Concepts)

data mining server (Data Mining Concepts)

data packet (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

data scanning (Globalization Support Guide)

data security (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

data segment (Concepts)

data source (Data Warehousing Guide)

data warehouse (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

Data Warehousing (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

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

Database Access Descriptor (DAD) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

database administrator (DBA) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

database alias (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

database buffer (Concepts)

database buffer cache (Concepts)

database character set (Globalization Support Guide)

database checkpoint (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

database event publication framework (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)

database identifier (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

Database Installation Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database instance failure (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

database link (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Concepts)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

database method (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database object (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

database password verifier (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database point-in-time recovery (DBPITR) (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

database resource object (Data Guard Broker)

Database Search (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

Database Security Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database server (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

database specification (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

database string (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

database tuning (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

Database Upgrade Assistant (DUA) (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

Database User (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

database writer process (DBWn) (Concepts)

datafile (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Concepts)

datafile checkpoint (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

datafile copy (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

datafile header (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

datafile media recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

datagram (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

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

DATE datatype (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

datum transformation (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

DB Alter (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

db block changes (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

db block gets (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

DB Propagate (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

DB Quick Change (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

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

DBA_DATA_FILES (SNMP Support Reference Guide)

DBA_FREE_SPACE (SNMP Support Reference Guide)

DBA_TABLESPACES (SNMP Support Reference Guide)

DBCA (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

DBID (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

DBTZ (Concepts)

DBURITYPE (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

DBWR cross-instance writes (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

DCE (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

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

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

Deadlock (Java Developer's Guide)

decentralized administration (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

decision support system (DSS) (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

decompose (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

decryption (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

dedicated server (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)
    [definition #5] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

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

default database (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

default domain (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

default file system directory (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

default knowledge reference (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

default rules (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

default state (Data Guard Broker)

default subscriber (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

degree of cardinality (Data Warehousing Guide)

degree of parallelism (DOP) (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

delegated administration (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

Delegated Administration Service (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

delegated administrative region (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

delegated administrator (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

denormalize (Data Warehousing Guide)

derived fact (or measure) (Data Warehousing Guide)

DES (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

destination (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

destination dependency (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

detail (Data Warehousing Guide)

detail table (Data Warehousing Guide)

DFS Lock Handles (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

diacritic (Globalization Support Guide)

diagnosability daemon (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

Diagnostics Pack (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

DIB (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

dictionary attack (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

dictionary cache (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

differential incremental backup (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

Diffie-Hellman key negotiation algorithm (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

digital certificates (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

digital signature (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

dimension (Data Warehousing Guide)

dimension table (Data Warehousing Guide)

dimension value (Data Warehousing Guide)

dimensional data (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

direction (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

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

directory information base (DIB) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

directory information tree (DIT) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

directory integration agent (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

directory integration profile (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

directory integration server (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

Directory Manager (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

directory naming (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

directory naming context (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

directory provisioning profile (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Internet Directory Application Developer's Guide)

directory replication group (DRG) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

directory server (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

directory server instance (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

directory synchronization profile (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

directory system agent (DSA) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

directory-specific entry (DSE) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

dirty block (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

dirty buffer (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

DIS (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

Discovery (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

discretization (Data Mining Concepts)

disjoint (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

disk controller (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

dismounted database (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

Dispatch (Java Developer's Guide)

dispatcher (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

dispatcher processes (Dnnn) (Concepts)

display format (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

display width (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

distinguished name (DN) (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

distributed administration (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide)

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

distributed processing (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

distributed recovery (Real Application Clusters Administration)

distributed statement (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

DIT (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

DLL (Getting Started for Windows)

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

DMS (Data Mining Concepts)

DN (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

DNS (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

Do I need to edit table defaults? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

DOCTYPE (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Document Object Model (DOM) (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Document Type Definition (DTD) (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Does an Oracle Server support full UNIX-style regular expression handling? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the data migration process slow down dramatically when migrating tables that contain large volumes of binary data, such as images, binary data, or OLE objects? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Informix Dynamic Server Stored Procedures Parser have any limitations? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench allow multi-character field delimiters? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench fully support the migration of LOB data using SQL*Loader scripts? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench parser support cast operations? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench provide NLS support? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench support bitwise operations? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench support global variables? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench support Microsoft Access 2000 migration to Oracle? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench support Microsoft SQL Server 6.0? If not, are there any plans to support this version of Microsoft SQL Server? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench support object names with spaces in their names? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench support offline data loading in Microsoft Access? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench support offline data loading in Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase Adaptive Server data migration? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench support the conversion of T/SQL stored procedures that return multiple result sets? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench support UNIX? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench use SQL*Loader to control files for loading data? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Migration Workbench use strong REF CURSORS? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

Does the Oracle Server have implicit date conversion from a character string? (Migration Workbench Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ))

DOM (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

DOM fidelity (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

domain (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

domain hint (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

Domain Name System (DNS) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

domestic domains (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

DOP (Concepts)

downgrade (Administrator's Guide for Windows )
    [definition #2] (Getting Started for Windows)

downtime (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

DRG (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

drill (Data Warehousing Guide)

drill down (Data Warehousing Guide)

drill up (Data Warehousing Guide)

Driver (Java Developer's Guide)

DSA (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

DSE (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

DSS (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

DTD (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

DUAL table (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

duplicate database (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

Dynamic Link Library (DLL) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Getting Started for Windows)

dynamic performance table (SNMP Support Reference Guide)

dynamic performance views (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

Dynamic Services (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)

Dynamic Services engine (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)

Dynamic Services framework (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)

Dynamic Services Thick Java Client Library (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)

Dynamic Services Thin Java Client Library (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)