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# Oracle Database Master Glossary: S
10g Release 2 (10.2)

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## Glossary Definitions

Safe Type Mapping (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)

salt (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Security Guide)

sample (Data Mining Concepts)

savepoint (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)
[definition #2] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)

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

SBT (Backup and Recovery Basics)

scalability (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

scale (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

scale normalization (Data Mining Concepts)

schema (Concepts)
[definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Data Mining Concepts)
[definition #4] (Data Warehousing Guide)
[definition #5] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #6] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)
[definition #7] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
[definition #8] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

schema evolution (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

schema mapping (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

schema rule (Streams Concepts and Administration)

score (Data Mining Concepts)

scoring engine (Data Mining Concepts)

script (Globalization Support Guide)

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

secondary filter (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

section (Text Application Developer's Guide)

section group (Text Application Developer's Guide)

secure application roles (Security Guide)

Secure Hash Algorithm (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

secure queue (Streams Concepts and Administration)

Secure Shell (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

Secure Shell (SSH) (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

Secure Sockets Layer (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #4] (Net Services Reference)
[definition #5] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

segment (Concepts)
[definition #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)

semi-additive (Data Warehousing Guide)
[definition #2] (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

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

sequence (Concepts)

Server (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)

server (Concepts)
[definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

Server Control (SRVCTL) Utility (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

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

Server-Side Include (SSI) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

service (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise Manager Concepts)
[definition #3] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #4] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #5] (Net Services Reference)

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

service name (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #4] (Net Services Reference)

service principal (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

service registration (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
[definition #2] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
[definition #3] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
[definition #4] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
[definition #5] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
[definition #6] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
[definition #7] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #8] (Net Services Reference)

service table (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

service ticket (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Security Guide)

services (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

servlet (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
[definition #2] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

session (Concepts)

session context (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

session data unit (SDU) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

session key (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

session layer (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #4] (Net Services Reference)

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

settings (Data Mining Concepts)

SGA (Performance Tuning Guide)
[definition #2] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)

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

SHA (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

shape points (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

shared everything (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Shared Global Area or System Global Area (SGA) (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)

shared locking (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

Shared Pool (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)

shared pool (Concepts)

shared schema (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

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

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

SID (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
[definition #2] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
[definition #3] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
[definition #4] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
[definition #5] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
[definition #6] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
[definition #7] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #8] (Net Services Reference)

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

Simple API for XML (SAX) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Simple Object Access Protocol (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

simple query (Performance Tuning Guide)

simple statement (Performance Tuning Guide)

single byte (Globalization Support Guide)

single key-pair wallet (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

single password authentication (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

single sign-on (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Net Services Reference)

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

single-byte character (Globalization Support Guide)

single-byte character string (Globalization Support Guide)

single-record case (Data Mining Concepts)

singleton services (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

skipjoin (Text Application Developer's Guide)

slice and dice (Data Warehousing Guide)

smart card (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

snapshot control file (Backup and Recovery Basics)

sniffer (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

SNMP_RO.ORA/SNMP_RW.ORA (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)

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

SOAP (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)
[definition #2] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

solved data (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

sort (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

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

source database (Streams Concepts and Administration)

source queue (Streams Concepts and Administration)

source system (Data Warehousing Guide)

source tables (Data Warehousing Guide)

sparse data (Data Mining Concepts)

sparsity (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

spatial (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial binning (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial correlation (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial data (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial data model (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial data structures (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial database (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial discretization (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial join (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial query (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatial reference system (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

spatiotemporal data (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

special section (Text Application Developer's Guide)

split (Data Mining Concepts)

split brain syndrome (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

SQL (Concepts)
[definition #2] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

SQL Access Advisor (Data Warehousing Guide)

SQL Apply (Data Guard Broker)

SQL CHAR datatypes (Globalization Support Guide)

SQL Compiler (Performance Tuning Guide)

SQL NCHAR datatypes (Globalization Support Guide)

SQL Profile (Performance Tuning Guide)

SQL statements (identical) (Performance Tuning Guide)

SQL statements (similar) (Performance Tuning Guide)

SQL Trace (Performance Tuning Guide)

SQL Tuning Set (STS) (Performance Tuning Guide)

SQL*Loader (Performance Tuning Guide)
[definition #2] (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

SQL*Plus (Concepts)

SQL/XML (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

sqlnet.ora file (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
[definition #3] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
[definition #4] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
[definition #5] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #6] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
[definition #7] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
[definition #8] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
[definition #9] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #10] (Net Services Reference)

SSH (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)

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

SSL (HTTP Server Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Net Services Reference)
[definition #4] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

SSO (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

staging area (Data Warehousing Guide)

staging file (Data Warehousing Guide)

standard form (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

standby database (Concepts)
[definition #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)
[definition #3] (Data Guard Broker)
[definition #4] (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

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

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

start SCN (Streams Concepts and Administration)

startjoin (Text Application Developer's Guide)

Statspack (Performance Tuning Guide)

status (OLAP Application Developer's Guide)

stemming (Text Application Developer's Guide)

stop section (Text Application Developer's Guide)

stopclass (Text Application Developer's Guide)

stoplist (Text Application Developer's Guide)

stoptheme (Text Application Developer's Guide)

stopword (Text Application Developer's Guide)

stored function (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide)

stored procedure (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
[definition #2] (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide)
[definition #3] (Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide)

stored script (Backup and Recovery Basics)

stratified sample (Data Mining Concepts)

Streams client (Streams Concepts and Administration)

Streams data dictionary (Streams Concepts and Administration)

Streams pool (Streams Concepts and Administration)

striping (Performance Tuning Guide)

Structured Generalized Markup Language (SGML) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Structured Query Language (SQL) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

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

sub-lexer (Text Application Developer's Guide)

Subagent (Enterprise Manager SNMP Support Reference Guide)

subject area (Data Warehousing Guide)

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

subscribers (Data Warehousing Guide)

subscription (Data Warehousing Guide)

subscription window (Data Warehousing Guide)

subset rule (Streams Concepts and Administration)

subtype (Concepts)

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

Summary Advisor (Data Warehousing Guide)

Super Administrator (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

supertype (Concepts)

supervised classification (Text Application Developer's Guide)

supervised learning (Data Mining Concepts)

supervised model (Data Mining Concepts)

supplemental log group (Streams Concepts and Administration)

supplemental logging (Streams Concepts and Administration)

supplementary characters (Globalization Support Guide)

support vector machine (Data Mining Concepts)

surrogate pairs (Globalization Support Guide)

SVM (Data Mining Concepts)

syllabary (Globalization Support Guide)

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

synonym (Concepts)

SYSDBA (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide)

SYSMAN (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

SYSOPER (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide)

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

system (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

system change number (SCN) (Concepts)
[definition #2] (Backup and Recovery Basics)

System Global Area (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
[definition #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
[definition #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
[definition #4] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference)

System Global Area (SGA) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
[definition #4] (Net Services Reference)

system global area (SGA) (Concepts)

system identifier (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
[definition #2] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
[definition #3] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))
[definition #4] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
[definition #5] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium)
[definition #6] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64))

system identifier (SID) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
[definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
[definition #3] (Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

system privilege (Enterprise Manager Concepts)

SYSTEM tablespace (Backup and Recovery Basics)

system-created rule (Streams Concepts and Administration)

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

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

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