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SA SB SC SD SE SG SH SI SL SM SN SO SP SQ SR SS ST SU SV SW SY

SASL (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

savepoint (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

SAX (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

SBT (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

scalability (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration)

scale (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

scale up (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

schema (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #3] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [definition #5] (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #6] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Schema Management (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

schema mapping (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

scope (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

score (Data Mining Concepts)

script (Globalization Support Guide)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

SCUR (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

SDTZ (Concepts)

secondary filter (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

secondary instance (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration)

secondary instance role (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration)

Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #4] (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #5] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

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

Security Management (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

See public/private key pair. (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

seed database (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

segment (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

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

SELECT list (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

SELECT statement (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

semi-additive (Data Warehousing Guide)

sender (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

sequence (Concepts)

Sequence Number Value Enqueue (SV) (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

serial recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

server (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (SNMP Support Reference Guide)
    [definition #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

server clustering (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

Server Control (SRVCTL) Utility (Real Application Clusters Administration)

Server Control utility (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

Server Management (SRVM) (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

Server Management Configuration file (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

server parameter file (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

server process (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)

Server-Side Include (SSI) (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

service (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #3] (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #5] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #6] (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

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

service consumer application (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)

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

service discovery (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

service handler (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)

service name (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #5] (Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration)
    [definition #6] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

service principal (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

service provider (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

service registration (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration)
    [definition #5] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

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

service replication (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)

service table (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

service ticket (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

service time (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

servlet (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

session (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [definition #4] (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #5] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

session context (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

Session Data report (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

session data unit (SDU) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)

session key (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

session layer (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)

Session Memory (Java Developer's Guide)

session multiplexing (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)

SET command variable (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

settings (Data Mining Concepts)

SGA (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

SGA (System Global Area) (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (SNMP Support Reference Guide)
    [definition #4] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

SGA parameters (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

SGML (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

SHA (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

shape points (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

shared (S) mode (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

shared cache (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

shared current (SCUR) (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

Shared Global Area (SNMP Support Reference Guide)

shared locking (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

shared mode (s) (Real Application Clusters Administration)

shared pool (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (SNMP Support Reference Guide)

shared schema (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

shared server (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #5] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #6] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

shared server process (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)

sibling (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

SID (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

sid (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

SID_LIST_listener_name (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)

Simple API for XML (SAX) (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

simple authentication (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

simple query (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

simple service package (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)

simple statement (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

single byte (Globalization Support Guide)

single key-pair wallet (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

single password authentication (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

single sign-on (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)

single sign-on (SSO) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

single-byte character (Globalization Support Guide)

single-byte character string (Globalization Support Guide)

single-record case (Data Mining Concepts)

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

site object (Data Guard Broker)

sizing (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

SLAPD (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

slave (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

slice and dice (Data Warehousing Guide)

smart card (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

smart knowledge reference (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

SMP (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

snapshot control file (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration)

sniffer (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

SNMP.ORA (SNMP Support Reference Guide)

SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol. (Intelligent Agent User's Guide)

snowflake schema (Data Warehousing Guide)

SOAP (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Software Only (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

sort (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

sort parameters (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

source (Data Warehousing Guide)

source system (Data Warehousing Guide)

spatial (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial data (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

Spatial data dictionary (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial data model (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial data structures (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial database (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

Spatial Index Advisor (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

spatial join (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial query (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial reference system (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatiotemporal data (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

specific administrative area (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

speed up (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

spfile.ora (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

split block (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

sponsor node (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

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

SQL (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)

SQL (Structured Query Language) (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [definition #3] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

SQL Analyze (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

SQL apply mode (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

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

SQL CHAR datatypes (Globalization Support Guide)

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

SQL Compiler (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

SQL history (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

SQL NCHAR datatypes (Globalization Support Guide)

SQL object (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

SQL reuse (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

SQL Scratchpad (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

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

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

SQL statements (identical) (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

SQL statements (similar) (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

SQL Trace (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

SQL*Loader (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

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

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

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

SQL*Plus Worksheet (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

SQLJ (Java Developer's Guide)

sqlnet.ora (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

sqlnet.ora file (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Administration)

SRVCTL (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

SRVCTL Utility (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

SSI (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

SSL (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #4] (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #5] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

SSO (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

staging area (Data Warehousing Guide)

staging file (Data Warehousing Guide)

Standard Management Pack (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

standby database (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Broker)
    [definition #3] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

standby database environment (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

standby redo log (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

standby site (Data Guard Broker)

standby transmission (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

star queries (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

star query (Data Warehousing Guide)

star schema (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

star transformation (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

starter database (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

startup (START) (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

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

Statspack (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

Storage Area Network (SAN) (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

Storage Management (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

stored outline (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

stored script (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

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

striping (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

Strong Typing (Java Developer's Guide)

structure tuning session (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

Structured Generalized Markup Language (SGML) (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Structured Query Language (SQL) (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #2] (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #3] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Stylesheet (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

subACLSubentry (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

subagent (SNMP Support Reference Guide)

subclass (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

subentry (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

subject area (Data Warehousing Guide)

subordinate reference (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

subschema DN (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

subSchemaSubentry (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

subscriber (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)
    [definition #2] (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #3] (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

subscription (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

subscription element (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

subscription offer (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

subscription services (Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals)

substitution variable (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

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

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

summary (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

Summary Advisor (Data Warehousing Guide)

summary line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

Super Administrator (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

super user (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

superclass (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

superior reference (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

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

supervised mining (learning) (Data Mining Concepts)

supplemental logging (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

supplementary characters (Globalization Support Guide)

supplier (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

surrogate pairs (Globalization Support Guide)

SV (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

switch (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

switchover (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

syllabary (Globalization Support Guide)

symbolic link name (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

Symmetric Multi-Processor (SMP) (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) (Java Developer's Guide)

syndicator (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

synonym (Concepts)

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

SYS username (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

SYSDBA (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)
    [definition #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

SYSOPER (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)
    [definition #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

SYSTEM (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

System (Java Developer's Guide)

system administrator (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

system change number (SCN) (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

system data (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

system editor (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

System Global Area (SGA) (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #3] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #5] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #6] (Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration)
    [definition #7] (SNMP Support Reference Guide)
    [definition #8] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

system identifier (SID) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

system operational attribute (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

system or topology data (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)

SYSTEM tablespace (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

SYSTEM username (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

system variable (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

SYS_XMLAGG (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

SYS_XMLGEN (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)