Oracle8i Database Master Glossary
(Release 8.1.7)

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Glossary Definitions

D

data block (Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

Data Control Language (DCL) (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

Data Definition Language (DDL) (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

data dictionary (Spatial User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)
[definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

data file (Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide; search in this book)

data integrity (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

Data Manipulation Language (DML) (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

data mart (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)

data packet (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

data sampling (Getting to Know Oracle8i; search in this book)

data security (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

data source (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)

data warehouse (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)

database (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

Database Access Descriptor (DAD) (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book)

database access descriptor (DAD) (WebDB Tutorial Guide; search in this book)

Database Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

database administrator (DBA) (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)
[definition #3] (WebDB Tutorial Guide; search in this book)

Database Administrator (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

Database Character Set (National Language Support Guide; search in this book)

Database Configuration Assistant (Getting to Know Oracle8i; search in this book)

Database Installation Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

database instance failure (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

database link (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

database method (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

database object (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)
[definition #2] (WebDB Tutorial Guide; search in this book)

database point-in-time recovery (DBPITR) (Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

Database Security Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

database server (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

database specification (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

database string (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

Database User (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

datafile (Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

datafile copy (Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

datafile header (Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

datagram (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book)

datatype (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

DATE datatype (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

DB Alter (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

db identifier (Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

DB Propagate (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

DB Quick Change (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

DBA (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

DBA Management Pack (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

DBA Studio (Getting to Know Oracle8i; search in this book)

DBA Studio (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

DBA_DATA_FILES (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide; search in this book)

DBA_FREE_SPACE (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide; search in this book)

DBA_TABLESPACES (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide; search in this book)

DBCS (National Language Support Guide; search in this book)

DCL (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

DDL (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

Deadlock (Java Developer's Guide; search in this book)

decentralized administration (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

decompose (Spatial User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

decryption (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

dedicated server (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide; search in this book)

default (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

default database (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

default domain (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

default knowledge reference (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

delegated administration (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

delegated administrative region (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

denormalize (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)

derived fact (or measure) (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)

DES (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

destination (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

Developer Server Forms Manager (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

device (Legato Storage Manager Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

Diacritical Mark (National Language Support Guide; search in this book)

Diagnostics Pack (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

DIB (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

dictionary attack (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

differential backup (Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

Diffie-Hellman key negotiation algorithm (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

digital signature (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

dimension (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Getting to Know Oracle8i; search in this book)

dimension value (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)

dimensional data (Spatial User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

direction (Spatial User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

directive (Legato Storage Manager Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

directory (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

directory information base (DIB) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

Directory Information Tree (DIT) (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

directory information tree (DIT) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

Directory Manager (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

directory naming (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

directory naming context (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #3] (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

directory replication group (DRG) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

directory sever (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

directory system agent (DSA) (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

DISABLE VALIDATE constraint state (Getting to Know Oracle8i; search in this book)

disjoint (Spatial User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

dismounted database (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

Dispatch (Java Developer's Guide; search in this book)

dispatcher (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide; search in this book)

display format (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

display option (WebDB Tutorial Guide; search in this book)

display width (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

Distinguished Name (DN) (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

distinguished name (DN) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

Distributed Access Manager (Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book)

distributed administration (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) (Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide; search in this book)

distributed processing (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

DIT (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

DML (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

DN (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

DNS (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

DOCTYPE (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book)

Document Object Model (DOM) (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book)

Document Type Definition (DTD) (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book)

DOM (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book)

domain (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

domain index (Getting to Know Oracle8i; search in this book)

Domain Name System (DNS) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book)
[definition #2] (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

domestic domains (Net8 Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

Double byte (National Language Support Guide; search in this book)

DRG (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

drill (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)

drill down (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)

drill up (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book)

Driver (Java Developer's Guide; search in this book)

DSA (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

DSE (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book)

DTD (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book)

DUAL table (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

duplicate database (Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference; search in this book)

dynamic performance table (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide; search in this book)