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8mm

A-Law

AAF

AC-3 (MPEG-2 Audio)/MP3

access control

Access Control Information Item (ACI)

Access Control List

Access Control List (ACL)

Access Control Policy Point

account

ACI

ACL

ACP

activity log

additive

address

Administration page

administrative area

administrative context

administrative region

Administrators group

ADPCM

ADT

advanced search

Advanced Symmetric Replication (ASR)

advancing the checkpoint

advisor

aggregate

aggregation

AIFF

AIFF-C

alert file

alias

alignment

ancestor

annotation

Announcement

anonymous block

API

application

application context

Application Program Interface (API)

Application Specific Module (ASM)

archived redo log

ARCHIVELOG

ARCHIVELOG mode

archiving

area

argument

array processing

ASCII

ASCII character set

ASF

ASM

aspect ratio

ASR

ATL (automated tape library)

attribute

attribute data

attributes

AU

audio

audio processing

authentication

authentication method

authorization

autochanger

autocommit

autonomous transactions

auxiliary database

auxiliary set

AVI

B-frame

background process

backup

backup control file

Backup Operators group

backup piece

backup set

backup volume

backup, closed

backup, whole database

bandwidth

banner

basic search

batch job

Bequeath protocol

BFILE

BFILE (binary file)

binary large object

Binary Sorting

bind reference

bind variable

binding

biometrics

bit

BLOB

block

body

bookmark

bootstrap

boundary

break

break column

break group

break hierarchy

break order

break report

breaking a mirror

Browse In privilege

browse mode

browse policy

browsing

BSP0 process

buffer

buffer cache

Build In privilege

byte

Bytecodes

cache

cache fusion

calendar

Call Memory

cancel-based recovery

Cartesian coordinate system

Case Conversion

category

category dashboard

Category Links

Category List

CDS

Cell Directory Services (CDS)

central administration

certificate

certificate authority

certificate chain

CGI script

change logs

change vector

change-based recovery

channel

channel limits

CHAR datatype

character

Character

Character Classification

Character Code

Character Encoding Scheme

Character Set

Character Set Conversion

character string

Character String

chart

check box

checkpoint

checksum

checksumming

child

Cipher Block Chaining

cipher suite

circular reuse records

CLASSPATH

clause

clean shutdown

cleansing

client

Client Character Set

client index

client load balancing

client profile

client side

client-server architecture

CLOB

CLOB datatype

closed backup

closed database

cluster

Cluster Manager (CM)

cman.ora file

codec

Coded Character Set

cold backup

Collation

color palette

column

column expression

column heading

Combining Character

command

command file

command line

command prompt

comment

commit

Common Gateway Interface

Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

Common Warehouse Metadata (CWM)

complete recovery

component

component schema

Composite Character

Composite Character Sequence

composite partitioning

compression

compression format

computation

computed column

concurrent clients

concurrent operations

confidentiality

configset

configuration

configuration files

configuration set entry

connect

connect data

connect descriptor

connect identifier

connect string

connect-time failover

connection

connection concentration

connection load balancing

connection pooling

connection request

consistent backup

Console

consumer

contain

container format

content area

content format

context prefix

Context switch

contributor

control file

convex hull

Cooperative Multitasking

coordinate

coordinate system

copy

CORBA

Core Class Libraries

corrupt block

corrupt datafile

cover

crash recovery

Create With Approval privilege

cropping

crosscheck

cryptography

CUBE

cumulative backup

current control file

current datafile

current line

current online redo log

custom item type

cutting

data block

Data Control Language (DCL)

Data Definition Language (DDL)

data dictionary

data file

data integrity

Data Manipulation Language (DML)

data mart

data option

data packet

data sampling

data security

data service

data source

data warehouse

database

database access descriptor (DAD)

database administrator (DBA)

Database Character Set

Database Configuration Assistant

database identifier (DBID)

database instance failure

database link

database object

database point-in-time recovery (DBPITR)

database server

database specification

database string

datafile

datafile copy

datafile header

datatype

DATE datatype

DBA

DBA Studio

DBCS

DCL

DDL

Deadlock

decentralized administration

decompose

decryption

Decryption

dedicated server

default

default constructor

default database

default domain

delegated administration

delegated administrative region

denormalize

derived fact (or measure)

DES

destination

device

Diacritical Mark

DIB

differential backup

digital signature

dimension

dimension value

dimensional data

directive

directory

Directory Information Base (DIB)

Directory Information Tree (DIT)

directory naming

directory naming context

Directory Replication Group (DRG)

directory sever

Directory System Agent (DSA)

DISABLE VALIDATE constraint state

disjoint

dismounted database

Dispatch

dispatcher

display format

display option

display width

distance

distinguished name (DN)

Distinguished Name (DN)

distributed administration

Distributed Lock Manager (DLM)

distributed processing

DIT

DML

DN

DNS

domain

domain index

Domain Name System (DNS)

domestic domains

Double byte

DRG

drill

drill down

drill up

Driver

DSA

DSE

DUAL table

duplicate database

duration

EBCDIC

edit mode

editor

EJB

element

Encoded Character Set

Encoding

Encoding Scheme

encoding type

encryption

end user

End-of-Call

enterprise domain

enterprise role

enterprise roles

enterprise user

entry

equal

error message

ETT

EUC

Euro

event triggers

execute privilege

expiration period

export

expression

extended partition

extensibility

extension

extent

external naming

external procedures

extraction

fact table

fact/measure

failover

fast refresh

Fast-Start Fault Recovery

feature

field-level validation

file

file format

file header

file item

file type

file-to-table mapping

filename

fileserver

filesystem

filter

fine-grained access control

firewall support

flat naming model

flush

folder

folder dashboard

folder link item

folder owner

folder page

folder path

folder privileges

folder reference name

Font

foreign domains

foreign images

foreign key

form

form feed

form-level validation

format

format model

formula column

fractured block

frame driver

frame rate

frame resolution

frame size

frames view

full backup

full export

full resynchronization

function

function-based index

fuzzy file

Garbage Collection

General Inter-ORB Protocol (GIOP)

generate

geographical information system (GIS)

geographically referenced data

georeferenced data

GIS

global cache

global color

global database link

global database name

global role

global unique identifier (GUID)

Glyph

grant

grid

group

group administrator

GUID

hash partitioning

header

heading

heterogeneous

Heterogeneous Services

HHCODE

hierarchical naming model

hierarchy

high-water mark

hole

home page

HOME_NAME

homogeneous

host computer

host naming

hot backup

hot backup mode

HTML

HTTP

HTTP function

HTTP header

HTTPS

hub module

hyperspatial data

hypertext link

I-frame

I-frame regularity

IDE

identity

Ideograph

IDL

IIOP

IIOP Clients

image

image copy

image processing

imagemap item

import

inaccessible datafile

inactive redo log

incarnation

incomplete recovery

inconsistent backup

incremental backup

index

inherit

initdb_name.ora

initial ticket

initialization parameter file

initsid.ora

Input/Output (IO)

inside

instance

instance failure

instance name

instance number

instance recovery

integrity

Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP)

Inter-Process Communication (IPC)

interest list

Interface Definition Language (IDL)

interMedia

interMedia Text

Internationalization

Internet Computing

Internet File System (iFS)

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)

interoperability

Interprocess Communication

IP address

ISO

ISO 8859

ISO Currency

ISO/IEC 10646

item

item ID

item title

item type

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Drivers

Java Schema Object

Java VM

JavaScript

JCK

JDBC

JDBC Driver

JDK

job

job commands

join condition

JPEG

JPublisher

JRE

JServer

JServer Accelerator

Julian date

justification

KDC/TGS

Kerberos

key

keyword

keyword search

keyword-value pair

kinstance

knowledge reference

kservice

label

latency

Latin-1

latitude

Lazy Initialization

LCKN process

LDAP

LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF)

ldap.ora file

level

level value table

LGWR

library

line

Linguistic Index

Linguistic Sorting

linguistic-sorted index

link

link qualifier

link text

List of Values (LOV)

listener

Listener Control Utility (LSNRCTL)

listener.ora

listener.ora file

LMDN process

LMON process

load balancing

LOB

local color

Local Currency

local database

local file system

local naming

local source

localData

Locale

Localization

locally managed tablespaces

location transparency

lock

log in (or log on)

log off (or log out)

log sequence number

log sequence recovery

log switch

Log Writer (LGWR)

logging

logical backups

logical ROWID

LogMiner

logon string

LONG datatype

longitude

loopback test

lossless compression

lossy compression

LSM

LSM client

LSM Server

LU6.2 protocol

machine

Manage Items privilege

managed recovery mode

Management Server

map

mapping

MARKUP

Master Definition Site (MDS)

master site

master-detail form

materialized view

MD5

media

media failure

media index

media management interface

media manager

media recovery

menu

message authentication code

message digest

metadata

methods

Microsoft's Active Directory

MIME

MIME Type

mime type

mirroring

model

Monolingual Support

mounted database

moving JPEG, motion JPEG, M-JPEG

MPEG

MPEG-1

MPEG-2

MPEG-3

MPEG-4

MTS

mu-law or u-law

multi-level incremental backups

multi-protocol support

multi-threaded server

multi-threaded server (MTS)

Multibyte

Multibyte Character

Multibyte Character String

multidimensional data

multimedia data

multiple ARCn processing

multiple file item

multiple Oracle homes

multiplexing

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)

Named Pipes protocol

names.ora file

naming attribute

naming context

naming method

naming model

navigation bar

navigation toolbar

NCHAR Character Set

NCHAR datatype

NCLOB datatype

NDS

NDS authentication

net service name

Net8

Net8 access control

Net8 Assistant

Net8 Configuration Assistant

Net8 Open

network

network administrator

network authentication service

network character set

Network Computing Architecture

Network Information Service (NIS)

Network Interface (NI)

network object

Network Program Interface (NPI)

network protocol

network service

Network Session (NS)

News

news administrator

NI

NIS

NLS

NLSDATA

NLSRTL

NN

NOARCHIVELOG mode

node

non-circular reuse records

nonadditive

normal archiving transmission

normalize

notice

Novell Directory Services (NDS)

NPI

NR

NS

nsrhost

NT

null

null value

NULL value

NUMBER datatype

number of channels

number of frames

NVARCHAR2 datatype

object

object class

Object Graph

object information

object relational database

object schema

object type

object-relational model

obsolete backups or copies

OCI

offline datafile

offline tablespace

OID Control Utility

OID Monitor

OLAP

online datafile

online indexes

online redo log

online tablespace

open backup

open database

Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)

operating system

Operating System Dependent layer

operational data store (ODS)

operator

OPI

OPS Communication Daemon (OPSD)

OPSCTL utility

Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA)

Oracle Advanced Security

Oracle Call Interface (OCI)

Oracle Connect String

Oracle Connection Manager

Oracle Connection Manager Control Utility (CMCTL)

Oracle Context

Oracle Data Gatherer

Oracle Database Configuration Assistant

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Oracle Forms

Oracle HOME

Oracle Intelligent Agent

Oracle Internet Directory

Oracle Internet Directory (OiD)

Oracle Names

Oracle Names Control Utility (NAMESCTL)

Oracle Names server

Oracle Parallel Execution

Oracle Parallel Server

Oracle Parallel Server Management

Oracle Performance Manager

Oracle Program Interface (OPI)

Oracle Protocol

Oracle Rdb

Oracle RDBMS

Oracle schema (as it relates to LDAP)

Oracle Server

Oracle services

Oracle System Identifier (SID)

Oracle Universal Installer

Oracle Video Server

Oracle wallet

Oracle Wallet Manager

Oracle Web Application Server

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition

Oracle8i JServer

ORACLE_HOME

ORB

ORDAnnotations

ORDAudio

ORDImage

ORDSource

ORDVideo

orphaned backups

OSI

output

output file

OVS

Own privilege

Owning Schema

P-frame

package

packages

packet

page

page request

parallel recovery

parallel server

parallelization

parameter

parameter entry field

parameter entry form

parameter file

parent

parent-child relationship

partial resync

partition

partition key column

partitioned table

password

password files

pathname

personal folder

perspective

perspective dashboard

Perspective Links

Perspective List

physical backups

physical schema

PL/SQL

PL/SQL function

PL/SQL item

plan stability

pluggable tablespace

PMON process

point of recoverability

polygon

port

preconfigured

Preemptive Multitasking

preferred credentials

preferred Oracle Names server

presentation layer

prespawned dedicated server

primary key

principal

print

private database link

privilege

procedure

process

Process

profile

prompt

protocol

protocol address

protocol stack

proximity

proxy copy

public database link

public folder

public user

public-key encryption

public/private key pair

query

Query by Example (QBE) form

query results

query rewrite

query window

Quickpick

QuickTime

QuickTime 3

radio button

RAW datatype

Raw Key Frame (RKF)

Raw Pixel format

raw pixel format

RDBMS

RDBMS (Relational Database Management System)

RDN

read-only database

read-only standby database

read-only tablespace

realm

record

recover

recovery

recovery catalog

recovery catalog database

Recovery Manager (RMAN)

recovery set

recovery window

recursion

recursive relationship

recycle

redo log

redo log buffer

redo log file

redo log groups

redo record

referral

refresh

region

region database

registration

Registry

registry entries

Regular item

Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)

Relative Distinguished Name (RDN)

remark

remote computer

remote database

Replacement Character

replica

replication agreement

report

repository

repository database

reserved word

RESETLOGS option

resilvering a mirror

resolution

restore

Restricted Multilingual Support

resync

resynchronization

retention policy

RMAN

role

roles

rollback

rollback segment

rolling back

rolling forward

rollover image

ROLLUP

root administrative region

root domain

root folder

row

RPC

rule-based publish/subscribe

sample size

sampling rate

save

save set

save set ID

SBT

scale

scaling

scanner

schema

Script

SD*Converter

search

search engine

secondary index

Secure Hash Algorithm

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

security level

security policy

seed database

select

SELECT list

SELECT statement

semi-additive

sequence

serial recovery

Server

server

Server Character Set

server side

service

service discovery

service handler

service name

service principal

service registration

service replication

service table

service ticket

session

session key

session layer

Session Memory

SET command variable

SGA

SGA (System Global Area)

SHA

shared components

shell prompt

SID

SID_LIST_listener_name

Single-byte

Single-byte character

Single-byte Character String

site

site administrator

site contact

site log

Site Map

site statistics

SLF

smart card

snapshot

snapshot control file

snapshot log

snapshot refresh group templates

SND

snowflake schema

sort

source

spatial

spatial data

Spatial data dictionary

spatial data model

spatial data structures

spatial database

Spatial Load Format (SLF)

spatial query

spatiotemporal data

split block

spooling

SPX protocol

SQL (Structured Query Language)

SQL buffer

SQL command

SQL script

SQL statement

SQL*Loader

SQL*Net

SQL*Plus

SQLJ

sqlnet.ora file

SSL

staging

stand-alone commands

standby database

standby transmission

star schema

starter database

Startup (START)

statement (SQL)

status code

stored procedure

stored script

string

Strong Typing

structure

structured U/I template

style

style administrator

subfolder

subject area

substitution tag

substitution variable

subtotal

summary

summary advisor

summary line

switch

SYLK

symbolic link name

Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP)

synonym

syntax

SYS username

SYSDBA

SYSOPER

System

system administrator

system change number (SCN)

system editor

System Global Area (SGA)

system or topology data

system purge

SYSTEM username

system variable

table

table alias

tablespace

tablespace point-in-time recovery (TSPITR)

tag

tail of the log

tape drive

tape silo

tape streaming

tape volume

target

target database

TCP/IP protocol

temporary LOBs

temporary tables

temporary tablespace

tessellation

text editor

text item

texture

Thin JDBC Driver

Thread

thread

thread ID

threshold

ticket

tiling

time-based recovery

timer

title

TNS

tnsnames.ora file

token card

touch

trace file

tracing

transaction

transformation

Transparent Application Failover (TAF)

Transparent Network Substrate (TNS)

transport

transportable tablespace

transportable tablespaces

transportation

tree view

trigger

truncate

trust point

trusted certificate

TSPITR

TTC

Two-Task Common (TTC)

type

UCS-2

UCS2

UCS4

Unicode

Unicode Codepoint

Unicode Mapping Between UCS and UTF Formats

uniform resource identifier (URI)

uniform resource locator (URL)

Unrestricted Multilingual Support

unstructured U/I template

UPI

URL item

user

user interface (U/I) template

user interface component

user name

user variable

user-defined operator

USERID

username

UTF-16

UTF-8

validation

VARCHAR

VARCHAR2

variable

version

version control

versioning

vertical partitioning

video

video compression

view

View privilege

virtual circuit

Virtual Machine

virtual private database

visited link

volume

volume ID

volume name

volume pool

wallet

Wallet Resource Locator

WAV

web server

WebDB

WebDB component

WebDB component item

WebDB roles

WebDB site

weight

well-known Oracle Names server

whole database backup

Wide Character

width

wildcard

Windows NT native authentication

wizard

wrapping

WRL

X.509

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