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11g Release 1 (11.1)

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data block (Concepts; search in this book

data consistency (Concepts; search in this book

data corruption (High Availability Best Practices; search in this book

data dictionary (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #5] (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

Data Encryption Standard (DES) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

data extent (Storage Administrator's Guide; search in this book

Data Guard command-line interface (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

Data Guard configuration (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

Data Guard environment (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

data integrity (Concepts; search in this book

data integrity check (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

data manipulation language (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide; search in this book

data mart (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

data mining (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

data mining algorithm (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

data mining server (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

data model (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

data model repository (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

data packet (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

data provider (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book

Data Recovery Advisor (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

data repair (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

data scanning (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

data security role (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

data segment (Concepts; search in this book

data set (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

data source (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

data warehouse (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

database (Concepts; search in this book

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

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

database administrator (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

database administrator (DBA) (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book

database alias (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

database area (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

database buffer (Concepts; search in this book

database buffer cache (Concepts; search in this book

database character set (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

database checkpoint (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

Database Configuration Assistant (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

database guard (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

database identifier (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

Database Installation Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

database link (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #5] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

database method (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

database object (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

database password verifier (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

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

database registration (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

Database Security Administrator (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

database supplemental logging (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

database writer process (DBWn) (Concepts; search in this book

datafile (Concepts; search in this book

datafile checkpoint (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

datafile copy (Concepts; search in this book

datafile media recovery (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

datagram (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

DataSet (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book

datastore (Text Application Developer's Guide; search in this book

datum transformation (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

DBA (Net Services Reference; search in this book

DBID (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

DBUriType (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

DCE (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

DDL (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book

DDL handler (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

DDL logical change record (DDL LCR) (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

decision tree (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

declarative rule-based transformation (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

decryption (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Security Guide; search in this book

dedicated connection (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book

dedicated server (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

deduplication (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide; search in this book

default domain (Database Client Installation Guide for AIX Based Systems; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide for AIX Based Systems; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX; search in this book
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for Linux; search in this book
    [definition #6] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #7] (Database Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System; search in this book
    [definition #8] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #9] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

default state (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

define variables (Concepts; search in this book

definer's rights procedure (Security Guide; search in this book

degree of cardinality (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

denial-of-service (DoS) attack (Security Guide; search in this book

denormalize (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

denormalized (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

dequeue (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

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

derived measure (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

DES (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

descendant (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

descriptive model (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

destination database (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

destination host (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

destination platform (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

destination queue (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

detail (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

detail data (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

detail table (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

diacritic (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

DICOM conformance validator (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

DICOM content (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

DICOM data type definition schema (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

DICOM encoding rules (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

DICOM image (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

DICOM metadata document (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

DICOM parser (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

DICOM volume scan (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

DICOM XML encoder (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

dictionary attack (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

dictionary cache (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

differential incremental backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

Diffie-Hellman key negotiation algorithm (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

digital certificates (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

digital signature (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

dimension (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

dimension key (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

dimension member (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

dimension table (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

dimension value (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

dimension view (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

dimensional data (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

direct ancestral path (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

direct apply (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

Direct Attached Storage (DAS) (Storage Administrator's Guide; search in this book

direct I/O (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

directed network (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

direction (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

directly granted role (Security Guide; search in this book

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

directory naming (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide for AIX Based Systems; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide for Linux; search in this book
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #6] (Database Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System; search in this book
    [definition #7] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #8] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #9] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

directory naming context (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

directory server (Database Installation Guide for AIX Based Systems; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide for Linux; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System; search in this book
    [definition #6] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #7] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

dirty writes (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book

disaster recovery (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

discretization (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

disjoint (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

disk controller (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

disk group (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Storage Administrator's Guide; search in this book

disk quota (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

dispatcher (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

dispatcher processes (Dnnn) (Concepts; search in this book

distance-based (clustering algorithm) (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

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

Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide; search in this book

distributed component object model (DCOM) (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide; search in this book

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

distributed processing (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

distributed statement (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

Distributed Transaction Processing (DTP) (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide; search in this book

DLL (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

DML (Concepts; search in this book

DML handler (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

DMS (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

DNS (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

DOCTYPE (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

Document Location Hint (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

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

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

DOM (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

DOM fidelity (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

domain (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

domain hint (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

domain index (Text Application Developer's Guide; search in this book

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

DOP (Concepts; search in this book

downgrade (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

downstream capture process (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

downstream database (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

drill (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

drill down (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

drill up (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

DTD (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

duplexed backup set (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

duplicate database (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

dynamic link library (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

Dynamic Link Library (DLL) (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book

dynamic method dispatch (Object-Relational Developer's Guide; search in this book

dynamic performance views (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

dynamic-link library (DLL) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide; search in this book