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Oracle Database Master Glossary: D
10g Release 1 (10.1)

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Glossary Definitions

DAD (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

data block (Concepts)

data consistency (Concepts)

data dictionary (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

Data Encryption Standard (DES) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

Data Guard configuration (Data Guard Broker)

Data Guard environment (Data Guard Broker)

data integrity (Concepts)

data manipulation language (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)

data mart (Data Warehousing Guide)

data mining (Data Mining Concepts)

data mining server (DMS) (Data Mining Concepts)

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

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

data scanning (Globalization Support Guide)

data segment (Concepts)

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

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

database (Concepts)

database access descriptor (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

Database Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

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

database alias (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database buffer (Concepts)

database buffer cache (Concepts)

database character set (Globalization Support Guide)

database checkpoint (Backup and Recovery Basics)

database configuration (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

Database Configuration Assistant (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #3] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)

database group (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

database identifier (Backup and Recovery Basics)

Database Installation Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

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

database method (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database object (Data Guard Broker)

database password verifier (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database point-in-time recovery (DBPITR) (Backup and Recovery Basics)

Database Security Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

database standard form (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

database writer process (DBWn) (Concepts)

datafile (Concepts)

datafile copy (Concepts)

datafile media recovery (Backup and Recovery Basics)

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

datum transformation (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

DBA (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

DBCA (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)

DBID (Backup and Recovery Basics)

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

DCE (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

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

Deadlock (Java Developer's Guide)

decryption (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

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

default state (Data Guard Broker)

definer's rights procedures (Security Guide)

definition (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

degree of cardinality (Data Warehousing Guide)

denormalize (Data Warehousing Guide)

denormalized (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

dequeue (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)

derived fact (or measure) (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

DES (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

descendant (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

detail (Data Warehousing Guide)

detail table (Data Warehousing Guide)

diacritic (Globalization Support Guide)

dictionary (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

dictionary attack (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

dictionary cache (Performance Tuning Guide)

differential incremental backup (Backup and Recovery Basics)

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

digital certificate (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

digital signature (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

digital wallet (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

dimension member (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

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

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

dimension view (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

dimensional data (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

direct I/O (Performance Tuning Guide)

direction (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

directory information tree (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

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

directory naming context (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

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

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

discretization (Data Mining Concepts)

disjoint (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

disk controller (Backup and Recovery Basics)

disk group (Concepts)

disk quota (Backup and Recovery Basics)

Dispatch (Java Developer's Guide)

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

dispatcher processes (Dnnn) (Concepts)

distinguished name (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

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)

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

distributed statement (Performance Tuning Guide)

DIT (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

DML (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)

DMS (Data Mining Concepts)

DN (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

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)

document-term matrix (Data Mining Concepts)

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] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)

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

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

DOP (Concepts)

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

drill down (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

drill up (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

Driver (Java Developer's Guide)

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

duplicate database (Backup and Recovery Basics)

Dynamic Link Library (DLL) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide)

dynamic performance views (Performance Tuning Guide)