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Oracle Database Master Glossary: B
11g Release 2 (11.2)

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B-tree index (Concepts; search in this book

background process (Concepts; search in this book

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

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

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

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

backup instance (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide; search in this book

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

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

backup path (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide; search in this book

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

backup point (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide; search in this book

backup retention policy (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

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

backup undo optimization (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

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

backup-based duplication (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

barrier transaction (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

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

base letter (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

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

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

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

base-letter conversion (Text Application Developer's Guide; search in this book

basic graph pattern (BGP) (Semantic Technologies Developer's Guide; search in this book

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

batch geocoding (Spatial Developer's Guide; search in this book

BFILE (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide; search in this book

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

BFILEs (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book

bidirectional transmit (In-Memory Database Cache User's Guide; search in this book

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

binary large object (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide; search in this book

Binary Large Object (BLOB) (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Object-Relational Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows; search in this book
    [definition #4] (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide; search in this book

binary sorting (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book

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

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

binning (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

bitmap index (Concepts; search in this book
    [definition #2] (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide; search in this book

bitmap merge (Concepts; search in this book

BLOB (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #3] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

block (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

block change tracking (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

block change tracking file (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

block header (Concepts; search in this book

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

block overhead (Concepts; search in this book

bottleneck (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Quality of Service Management User's Guide; search in this book

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

breaking a mirror (Backup and Recovery User's Guide; search in this book

broadcast (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide; search in this book

broker (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

broker configuration (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

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

buffer pool (Performance Tuning Guide; search in this book

buffered LCR (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

buffered queue (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide; search in this book
    [definition #2] (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

buffered user message (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

build data (Data Mining Concepts; search in this book

builder server (Streams Concepts and Administration; search in this book

business impact analysis (High Availability Overview; search in this book

Business-to-Business (B2B) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

Business-to-Consumer (B2C) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide; search in this book

bystander standby database (Data Guard Broker; search in this book

byte semantics (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book