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Oracle® Database Online Documentation Library Master Glossary: D
12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2)

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Glossary Definitions

data block (Database Concepts) 

data concurrency (Database Concepts) 

data consistency (Database Concepts) 

data corruption (Database High Availability Best Practices) 
    [definition #2] (Database High Availability Overview) 
    [definition #3] (Database Concepts) 

data definition language (DDL) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide) 

data dictionary (DDL) lock (Database Concepts) 

data dictionary cache (Database Concepts) 

data dictionary view (Database Concepts) 

data dictionary (Database Platform Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #3] (Database Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Database Security Guide) 
    [definition #5] (Spatial and Graph Developer's Guide) 

Data Encryption Standard (DES) (Database Security Guide) 

data file checkpoint (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

data file media recovery (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

data file (Database Concepts) 

data flow operator (DFO) (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

Data Guard command-line interface (Data Guard Broker) 

Data Guard configuration (Data Guard Broker) 

Data Guard environment (Data Guard Broker) 

data integration framework (Database Migration Guide) 

data integration (Database Migration Guide) 

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

data integrity (Database Concepts) 

data manipulation language (Database Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 
    [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 (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Data Mining Concepts) 

data model repository (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

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

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

data realm (Database Real Application Security Administrator's and Developer's Guide) 

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

data redaction (Database Advanced Security Guide) 

data repair (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

data scanning (Database Globalization Support Guide) 

data security role (OLAP User's Guide) 

data segment (Database Concepts) 

data set (Data Mining Concepts) 

data skew (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

data source definition (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

data source name (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

data source name, client (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

data source name, server (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

data source name, system (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

data source name, user (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

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

data type (Database Concepts) 

data warehouse (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Database Data Warehousing Guide) 

database access control (Database Concepts) 

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

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

database application (Database Concepts) 

database area (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

database authentication (Database Concepts) 

database block size (Database Concepts) 

database buffer cache (Database Concepts) 

database character set (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Database Globalization Support Guide) 

database checkpoint (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

database cloud (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide) 

Database Configuration Assistant (Database Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 

database consolidation (Database Concepts) 

database driver (Database Concepts) 

database guard (Data Guard Broker) 

database identifier (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

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

database instance (Database Concepts) 

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

database management system (DBMS) (Database Concepts) 

database method (Database Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

Database Migration Assistant for Unicode (DMU) (Database Globalization Support Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Database Migration Assistant for Unicode Guide) 

database object (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Broker) 

database operation (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

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

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

database point-in-time recovery (Database Concepts) 

database pool (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 

database registration (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

Database Request Module (DBRM) (Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide) 

database role (Database Real Application Security Administrator's and Developer's Guide) 

Database Scan Report (Database Migration Assistant for Unicode Guide) 

database schema migration (Database Migration Guide) 

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

database security (Database Concepts) 

Database Server Grid (Database Concepts) 

database server (Database Concepts) 

database service (Database Concepts) 

database services (Database Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

Database Storage Grid (Database Concepts) 

database supplemental logging (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

database user (Database Real Application Security Administrator's and Developer's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Database Concepts) 

database writer (DBW) (Database Concepts) 

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 and Graph Developer's Guide) 

DB2 (Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide) 

DBCA (Database Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 

DBCS (Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide) 

DBFS Link (Database SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide) 

DBFS (Database SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide) 

DBID (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

DCE (Database Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

DDL handler (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

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

DDL (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #3] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide) 

deadlock (Database Concepts) 

Decision Tree (Data Mining Concepts) 

declarative language (Database Concepts) 

declarative rule-based transformation (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

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

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

Dedicated Instance Configuration (Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide) 

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

deduplication (Database SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide) 

default domain (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Database Client Installation Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #6] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #7] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #8] (Database Net Services Reference) 

default plan (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

default state (Data Guard Broker) 

deferrable constraint (Database Concepts) 

definer's rights PL/SQL procedure (Database Concepts) 

definer's rights procedure (Database Security Guide) 

degree of cardinality (Database Data Warehousing Guide) 

degree of parallelism (DOP) (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

degree of parallelism (Database Concepts) 

demand (Database Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 

denial-of-service (DoS) attack (Database Security Guide) 

denormalize (Database Data Warehousing Guide) 

denormalized (OLAP User's Guide) 

dense grouping key (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

dense join key (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

dense key (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

density (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

dependency (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide) 

dependent object (Database Concepts) 

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

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

derived measure (OLAP User's Guide) 

DES (Database Security Guide) 

descendant (OLAP User's Guide) 

descending index (Database Concepts) 

descriptive model (Data Mining Concepts) 

destination database (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

destination host (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

destination platform (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

destination queue (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

detail data (OLAP User's Guide) 

detail table (Database Data Warehousing Guide) 

detail (Database Data Warehousing Guide) 

diacritic (Database Globalization Support Guide) 

Diagnostic Package Creation Wizard (Database Migration Assistant for Unicode Guide) 

DICOM attribute tag (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM client (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM conformance validator (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM content (Multimedia User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM crawler (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

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

DICOM data type (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM data (Multimedia User'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 Part 10 file (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM protocol adapter suite (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM protocol adapter (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM protocol document (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM standard (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM value locator (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM viewer (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM volume scan (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM WADO proxy (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM XML encoder (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

DICOM (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

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

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

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

digital certificates (Database Platform Guide) 

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

digital signature (Database Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Database Platform Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Database Security Guide) 

dimension key (OLAP User's Guide) 

dimension member (OLAP User's Guide) 

dimension table (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Database Data Warehousing Guide) 

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

dimension view (OLAP User's Guide) 

dimension (OLAP User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #3] (Database Data Warehousing Guide) 

dimensional data (Spatial and Graph Developer's Guide) 

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

direct apply (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

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

direct path INSERT (Database Concepts) 

direct path read (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

directed network (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

direction (Spatial and Graph Developer's Guide) 

directly granted role (Database Security Guide) 

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

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

directory naming (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #6] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #7] (Database Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #8] (Database Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #9] (Database Security Guide) 

directory object (Database Concepts) 

directory server (Database Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Database Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #6] (Database Installation Guide) 
    [definition #7] (Database Installation Guide) 

dirty read (Database Concepts) 

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

disabled plan (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

disaster recovery (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

discretization (Data Mining Concepts) 

disjoint (Spatial and Graph Developer's Guide) 

disk controller (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

disk group (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide) 

disk quota (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

dispatcher process (Dnnn) (Database Concepts) 

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

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

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

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

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) (Database Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

Distributed Data Management (DDM) (Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide) 

distributed database (Database Concepts) 

distributed environment (Database Concepts) 

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

Distributed Relational Database Architecture (Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide) 

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

distributed transaction (Database Concepts) 

DLL (Database Platform Guide) 

DML handler (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

DML lock (Database Concepts) 

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

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

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

domain index (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

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

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

downgrade (Database Platform Guide) 

downstream capture process (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

downstream database (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

DRDA Package (Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide) 

DRDA (Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide) 

drill down (Database Data Warehousing Guide) 

drill up (Database Data Warehousing Guide) 

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

driver (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

driving table (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

DSN (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

DSN, client (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

DSN, server (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

DSN, system (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

DSN, user (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

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

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

duplicate database (Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

durability (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

dynamic ACL (Database Real Application Security Administrator's and Developer's Guide) 

dynamic application role (Database Real Application Security Administrator's and Developer's Guide) 

dynamic cache group (TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache User's Guide) 

dynamic data realm constraint (Database Real Application Security Administrator's and Developer's Guide) 

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) (Database 2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide) 

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

dynamic link library (Database Platform Guide) 

dynamic load (TimesTen Application-Tier Database Cache User's Guide) 

dynamic method dispatch (Database Object-Relational Developer's Guide) 

dynamic network (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 

dynamic performance view (Database Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

Dynamic SQL (Database Provider for DRDA User's Guide) 

dynamic SQL (Database Concepts) 

dynamic statistics level (Database SQL Tuning Guide) 

dynamic statistics (Database SQL Tuning Guide)