Shared Libraries
The routines that implement the TimesTen functionality are embodied in a set of shared libraries that developers link with their applications and run as a part of the application's process.
This shared library approach is in contrast to a more conventional RDBMS, which is implemented as a collection of daemon processes to which applications connect, typically over a client/server network. Applications can also use a client/server connection to access a TimesTen database, though in most cases the best performance can be realized with a directly linked application. See TimesTen Connection Options.