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Safe Type Mapping (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book

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

sample (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

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

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

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

scalability (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide; search in this book

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

scale normalization (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

schema (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book
    [definition #5] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #6] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #7] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

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

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

schema rule (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

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

score (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

script (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

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

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

secondary filter (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

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

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

secure application role (Security Guide; search in this book

Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

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

Secure Shell (SSH) (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide; search in this book

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (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
    [definition #10] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

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

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

segment (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

semi-additive (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

separation of duty (Security Guide; search in this book

sequence (Concepts; search in this book

server (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

Server Control (SRVCTL) Utility (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide; search in this book

server parameter file (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book

server process (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

Server-Side Include (SSI) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

service (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

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

service level agreement (SLA) (Concepts; search in this book

service name (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
    [definition #5] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

service object pair (SOP) (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

service object pair (SOP) class (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide; search in this book

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

service registration (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

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

service ticket (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Security Guide; search in this book

services (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide; search in this book

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

session (Concepts; search in this book

session context (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide; search in this book

session data unit (SDU) (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

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

session layer (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

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

settings (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

SGA (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

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

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

shadow copy (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

shadow copy set (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

shape points (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

shared everything (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide; search in this book

shared locking (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide; search in this book

shared pool (Concepts; search in this book

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

shared 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

Shared Server Process (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

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

SID (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
    [definition #10] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

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

Simple API for XML (SAX) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

simple query (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

simple statement (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

single byte (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

single key-pair wallet (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

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

single sign-on (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

single sign-on (SSO) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book

single-byte character (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

single-byte character string (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

single-record case (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

singleton services (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide; search in this book

site failure (High Availability Best Practices; search in this book

skip-level hierarchy (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

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

slice and dice (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) (Storage Administrator's Guide; search in this book

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

snap-ins (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

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

snapshot control file (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

snapshot standby database (High Availability Best Practices; search in this book

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

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

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

solve specification (OLAP User's Guide; search in this book

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

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

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

source database (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

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

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

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

source system (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

source tables (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

sparse data (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

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

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

spatial binning (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

spatial correlation (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

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

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

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

spatial database (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

spatial discretization (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

spatial join (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

spatial query (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

spatial reference system (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

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

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

specializing (Object-Relational Developer's Guide; search in this book

split (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

split brain syndrome (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide; search in this book

split mirror backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

SQL (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

SQL Access Advisor (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

SQL Apply (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

SQL CHAR datatypes (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

SQL Compiler (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

SQL NCHAR datatypes (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

SQL Profile (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

SQL statements (identical) (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

SQL statements (similar) (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

SQL Trace (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

SQL Tuning Set (STS) (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

SQL*Loader (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

SQL*Plus (Concepts; search in this book

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

sqlnet.ora file (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Database Client Installation Guide for AIX Based Systems; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide for AIX Based Systems; search in this book
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX; search in this book
    [definition #6] (Database Installation Guide for Linux; search in this book
    [definition #7] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #8] (Database Installation Guide for Solaris Operating System; search in this book
    [definition #9] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #10] (Net Services Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #11] (Net Services Reference; search in this book

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

SSL (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
    [definition #8] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

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

staging area (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

staging file (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

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

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

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

standby database (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

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

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

start SCN (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

starter database (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

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

Statspack (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Storage Area Network (SAN) (Storage Administrator's Guide; search in this book

storage failure (High Availability Best Practices; search in this book

stored function (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book

stored procedure (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Object-Relational Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #4] (Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide; search in this book

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

stratified sample (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

striping (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Storage Administrator's Guide; search in this book

Structured Generalized Markup Language (SGML) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

Structured Query Language (SQL) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

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

sub-lexer (Text Application Developer's Guide; search in this book

subject area (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

subscribers (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

subscription (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

subscription window (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

subset rule (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

subtype (Concepts; search in this book

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

Summary Advisor (Data Warehousing Guide; search in this book

supermodel (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

supertype (Concepts; search in this book

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

supervised learning (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

supervised model (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

supplemental log group (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

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

supplementary characters (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

support vector machine (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

surrogate pairs (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

SVM (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

syllabary (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

synchronous capture (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

synchronous I/O (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

synonym (Concepts; search in this book

SYSDBA (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide; search in this book

SYSOPER (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide; search in this book

SYSTEM (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

system change number (SCN) (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

System Global Area (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] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

System Global Area (SGA) (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

system global area (SGA) (Concepts; search in this book

system identifier (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] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

system identifier (SID) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide; search in this book

system-created rule (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

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

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