Workflow Developer's Guide Master Glossary: D

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Glossary Definitions

DAD (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

daemons (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

dashboard (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

data block (Database Concepts)

data consistency (Database Concepts)

data dictionary (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #5] (Database Concepts)
    [definition #6] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

Data Encryption Standard (DES) (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

Data Guard command-line interface (Data Guard Broker)

Data Guard configuration (Data Guard Broker)

Data Guard environment (Data Guard Broker)

data integrity (Database Concepts)

Data Management Application (DMA) (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

data manipulation language (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
[definition #2] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide)

data mart (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

data mining algorithm (Data Mining Concepts)

data mining server (Data Mining Concepts)

data mining (Data Mining Concepts)

data packet (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)

data provider (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)

data scanning (Database Globalization Support Guide)

data segment (Database Concepts)

data service (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

data set (Data Mining Concepts)

data source (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)
[definition #2] (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

data transfer element (DTE) (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

data warehouse (Database Data Warehousing Guide)
[definition #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

Database Access Descriptor (DAD) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

database access descriptor (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

database administrator (DBA) (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)

database administrator (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

Database Administrator (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database alias (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #5] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database backup storage selector (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

database buffer cache (Database Concepts)

database buffer (Database Concepts)

database character set (Database Globalization Support Guide)

database checkpoint (Database Backup and Recovery Basics)

Database Configuration Assistant (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
[definition #2] (Database Net Services Reference)
[definition #3] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)

database configuration (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

database guard (Data Guard Broker)

database identifier (Database Backup and Recovery Basics)

Database Installation Administrator (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database instance (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

database link (Database Net Services Reference)
    [definition #2] (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Concepts)
    [definition #5] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database method (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database object (Data Guard Broker)

database password verifier (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

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

Database Security Administrator (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database standard form (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

database supplemental logging (Streams Concepts and Administration)

database writer process (DBWn) (Database Concepts)

database (Database Concepts)

datafile copy (Database Concepts)

datafile media recovery (Database Backup and Recovery Basics)

datafile (Database Concepts)

datagram (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

dataset directory (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

dataset file (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

dataset (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

DBA_DATA_FILES (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)

DBA_FREE_SPACE (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)

DBA_TABLESPACES (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)

DBID (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Backup and Recovery Basics)

DBUriType (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

DCE (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

DCM (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

DDL handler (Streams Concepts and Administration)

DDL logical change record (DDL LCR) (Streams Concepts and Administration)

DDL (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Concepts)

de-militarized zone (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

decision tree (Data Mining Concepts)

declarative rule-based transformation (Streams Concepts and Administration)

decryption (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #5] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #6] (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

default backup start time (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

default domain (Database Client Installation Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Client Installation Guide)
    [definition #5] (Database Client Installation Guide)
    [definition #6] (Database Installation Guide)
    [definition #7] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)

default state (Data Guard Broker)

defaults and policies (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

define variables (Database Concepts)

definer's rights procedure (Database Security Guide)

degree of cardinality (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

denormalize (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

denormalized (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

dequeue (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)

derived fact (or measure) (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

derived measure (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

DES (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

descendant (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

descriptive model (Data Mining Concepts)

destination database (Streams Concepts and Administration)

destination queue (Streams Concepts and Administration)

detail data (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

detail table (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

detail (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

device discovery (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

device special file (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

device (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

diacritic (Database Globalization Support Guide)

dictionary attack (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

dictionary cache (Database Performance Tuning Guide)

differential incremental backup (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Backup and Recovery Basics)

Diffie-Hellman key negotiation algorithm (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

digital certificate (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

digital certificates (Database Platform Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Platform Guide)
[definition #3] (Database Platform Guide)

digital signature (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #5] (Database Platform Guide)
    [definition #6] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

digital wallet (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

dimension key (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

dimension member (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

dimension table (Database Data Warehousing Guide)
[definition #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

dimension value (Database Data Warehousing Guide)
[definition #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

dimension view (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

dimension (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)
[definition #2] (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

direct apply (Streams Concepts and Administration)

direct I/O (Database Performance Tuning Guide)

directed network (Streams Concepts and Administration)

directory information tree (DIT) (Database Net Services Reference)
    [definition #2] (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

directory information tree (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

directory naming context (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

directory naming (Database Installation Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Net Services Reference)
    [definition #4] (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide)
    [definition #6] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #7] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

directory server (Database Installation Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Net Services Reference)
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide)
    [definition #5] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)

dirty writes (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)

discretization (Data Mining Concepts)

disk controller (Database Backup and Recovery Basics)

disk group (Database Concepts)

disk quota (Database Backup and Recovery Basics)

dispatcher processes (Dnnn) (Database Concepts)

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

distance-based (clustering algorithm) (Data Mining Concepts)

distinguished name (DN) (Database Net Services Reference)
    [definition #2] (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

distinguished name (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

distributed component object model (DCOM) (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide)

Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide)

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

Distributed Configuration Management (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

distributed statement (Database Performance Tuning Guide)

Distributed Transaction Processing (DTP) (Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

DIT (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

DLL (Database Platform Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Platform Guide)
[definition #3] (Database Platform Guide)

DMA (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)

DML handler (Streams Concepts and Administration)

DML (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
[definition #2] (Database Concepts)

DMS (Data Mining Concepts)

DMZ (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

DN (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

DOCTYPE (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Document Location Hint (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Document Object Model (DOM) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Document Type Definition (DTD) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

DOM fidelity (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

DOM (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)
[definition #2] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)

domain hint (Database Net Services Reference)
[definition #2] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)

Domain Name System (DNS) (Database Net Services Reference)
    [definition #2] (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

domain (Database Net Services Reference)
    [definition #2] (Database Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Secure Backup Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #5] (Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

DOP (Database Concepts)

downgrade (Database Platform Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Platform Guide)
[definition #3] (Database Platform Guide)

downstream capture process (Streams Concepts and Administration)

downstream database (Streams Concepts and Administration)

drill down (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

drill up (Database Data Warehousing Guide)

drill (Database Data Warehousing Guide)
[definition #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide,)

DTD (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

duplicate database (Database Backup and Recovery Basics)

Dynamic Link Library (DLL) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide)

dynamic link library (Database Platform Guide)
[definition #2] (Database Platform Guide)
[definition #3] (Database Platform Guide)

dynamic performance views (Database Performance Tuning Guide)