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Oracle9i Database Master Glossary: B
(Release 9.0.1; includes Windows books)

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Glossary Definitions

B

background process (Concepts; search in this book) 
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

backup (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 
    [definition #2] (Administrator's Guide for Windows; search in this book) 

backup and recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

backup control file (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

backup mode (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

Backup Operators group (Legato Storage Manager Administrator's Guide; search in this book) 

backup piece (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

backup redundancy (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

backup retention policy (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

backup set (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 
    [definition #2] (Legato Storage Manager Administrator's Guide; search in this book) 

backup volume (Legato Storage Manager Administrator's Guide; search in this book) 

backup, closed (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

backup, whole database (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

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

base dimension (OLAP Services Developer's Guide to the OLAP DML; search in this book) 

base index tuning (Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack; search in this book) 

basic data types (OLAP Services Developer's Guide to the OLAP DML; search in this book) 

batch geocoding (Spatial User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

BC4J (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book) 

BEFORE triggers (Concepts; search in this book) 

BFILES (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book) 

Binary Large Object (BLOB) (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book) 

binary sorting (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book) 

bind reference (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

bind variable (Performance Guide and Reference; search in this book) 
    [definition #2] (Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack; search in this book) 
    [definition #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

binding (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide; search in this book) 

bit (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

bitmap indexes (Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack; search in this book) 

Blackout (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide; search in this book) 

BLOB (Application Developer's Guide - XML; search in this book) 

block (Performance Guide and Reference; search in this book) 
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

block media recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

blocking interrupt (Real Application Clusters Concepts; search in this book) 

body (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

Boolean expression (OLAP Services Developer's Guide to the OLAP DML; search in this book) 

bootstrap (Legato Storage Manager Administrator's Guide; search in this book) 

bottleneck (Performance Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

boundary (Spatial User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

break (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

break column (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

break group (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

break hierarchy (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

break order (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

break report (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

breaking a mirror (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 

broker (Data Guard Broker; search in this book) 
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration; search in this book) 

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

browse policy (Legato Storage Manager Administrator's Guide; search in this book) 

buffer (Performance Guide and Reference; search in this book) 
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

buffer busy due to global cache (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance; search in this book) 

buffer busy waits (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance; search in this book) 

buffer cache (Backup and Recovery Concepts; search in this book) 
    [definition #2] (Concepts; search in this book) 

buffer pool (Performance Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

buffer state (Real Application Clusters Concepts; search in this book) 

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

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

byte (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference; search in this book) 

byte semantics (Concepts; search in this book) 
    [definition #2] (Globalization Support Guide; search in this book) 

Bytecodes (Java Developer's Guide; search in this book)