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Oracle Database Master Glossary: D
11g Release 1 (11.1)

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Glossary Definitions

data block (Concepts)

data consistency (Concepts)

data dictionary (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Spatial Developer's Guide)

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

data extent (Storage 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 (Concepts)

data integrity check (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

data manipulation language (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide)

data mart (Data Warehousing Guide)

data mining (Data Mining Concepts)

data mining algorithm (Data Mining Concepts)

data mining server (Data Mining Concepts)

data model (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

data model repository (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

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

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

Data Recovery Advisor (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

data repair (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

data scanning (Globalization Support Guide)

data security role (OLAP User's Guide)

data segment (Concepts)

data set (Data Mining Concepts)

data source (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide)

data warehouse (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide)

database (Concepts)

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

Database Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database administrator (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

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

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

database area (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

database buffer (Concepts)

database buffer cache (Concepts)

database character set (Globalization Support Guide)

database checkpoint (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

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

database guard (Data Guard Broker)

database identifier (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

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

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

database method (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

database object (Data Guard Broker)

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

database point-in-time recovery (DBPITR) (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

database registration (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

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

database supplemental logging (Streams Concepts and Administration)

database writer process (DBWn) (Concepts)

datafile (Concepts)

datafile copy (Concepts)

datafile media recovery (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

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

DataSet (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)

datastore (Text Application Developer's Guide)

datum transformation (Spatial Developer's Guide)

DBA (Net Services Reference)

DBID (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

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

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

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

DDL handler (Streams Concepts and Administration)

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

decision tree (Data Mining Concepts)

declarative rule-based transformation (Streams Concepts and Administration)

decryption (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Security Guide)

dedicated connection (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

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

deduplication (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide)

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

default state (Data Guard Broker)

define variables (Concepts)

definer's rights procedure (Security Guide)

degree of cardinality (Data Warehousing Guide)

denormalize (Data Warehousing Guide)

denormalized (OLAP User's Guide)

dequeue (Streams Concepts and Administration)

derived fact (or measure) (Data Warehousing Guide)

derived measure (OLAP User's Guide)

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

descendant (OLAP User's Guide)

descriptive model (Data Mining Concepts)

destination database (Streams Concepts and Administration)

destination host (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

destination platform (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

destination queue (Streams Concepts and Administration)

detail (Data Warehousing Guide)

detail data (OLAP User's Guide)

detail table (Data Warehousing Guide)

diacritic (Globalization Support Guide)

DICOM conformance validator (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

DICOM content (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

DICOM data type definition schema (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

DICOM encoding rules (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

DICOM image (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

DICOM metadata document (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

DICOM parser (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

DICOM volume scan (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

DICOM XML encoder (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

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

dictionary cache (Performance Tuning Guide)

differential incremental backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

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

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

dimension (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide)

dimension key (OLAP User's Guide)

dimension member (OLAP User's Guide)

dimension table (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide)

dimension value (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide)

dimension view (OLAP User's Guide)

dimensional data (Spatial Developer's Guide)

direct ancestral path (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

direct apply (Streams Concepts and Administration)

Direct Attached Storage (DAS) (Storage Administrator's Guide)

direct I/O (Performance Tuning Guide)

directed network (Streams Concepts and Administration)

direction (Spatial Developer's Guide)

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

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

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

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

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

disaster recovery (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

discretization (Data Mining Concepts)

disjoint (Spatial Developer's Guide)

disk controller (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

disk group (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Storage Administrator's Guide)

disk quota (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

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

dispatcher processes (Dnnn) (Concepts)

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

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

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

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

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

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

distributed statement (Performance Tuning Guide)

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

DML (Concepts)

DML handler (Streams Concepts and Administration)

DMS (Data Mining Concepts)

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

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

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

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

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

domain index (Text Application Developer's Guide)

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

DOP (Concepts)

downstream capture process (Streams Concepts and Administration)

downstream database (Streams Concepts and Administration)

drill (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide)

drill down (Data Warehousing Guide)

drill up (Data Warehousing Guide)

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

duplexed backup set (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

duplicate database (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

Dynamic Link Library (DLL) (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide)

dynamic performance views (Performance Tuning Guide)

dynamic-link library (DLL) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide)