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Real Application Cluster (RAC)
Real Application Cluster (RAC) is a component of the Oracle 9i database product that allows a database to be installed across multiple servers... (Continued) Continue Reading
Crash Course: Oracle basics
This crash course will bring you up to speed on Oracle DBMS basics for versions 8.x through 9.x, and provide you with an overview of Oracle10g's new tools and features. Continue Reading
Solaris
Solaris is the computer operating system that Sun Microsystems provides for its family of Scalable Processor Architecture-based processors as well as for Intel-based processors. Continue Reading
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Fast guide to finding and keeping an Oracle job
If you're looking for a new Oracle job or want to keep the one you have, check out these valuable Oracle career resources, including job interview, hiring and salary information. Continue Reading
10g
10g is Oracle's grid computing product group including (among other things) a database management system (DBMS) and an application server. In addition to supporting grid computing features such as resource sharing and automatic load balancing. (... Continue Reading
responsibility
In an Oracle environment, a responsibility is a defined user right, similar to the word privilege in some other settings.Continue Reading
flexfield
In an Oracle environment, a flexfield is a database field that has flexibility built into it so that users can define reporting structures that are relevant to their specific organizations.Continue Reading
concurrent processing
Concurrent processing is a computing model in which multiple processors execute instructions simultaneously for better performance.Continue Reading
metadata repository
A metadata repository is a database of data about data (metadata).Continue Reading
metainformation
Metainformation is information about information.Continue Reading
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metabase (metadatabase or metadata repository)
A metabase (sometimes called a metadatabase or metadata repository) is a database for storing metadata (data that describes data) for a specific purpose.Continue Reading
E. F. Codd (Edgar F. "Ted" Codd)
E. F. Codd (Edgar F. "Ted" Codd) formed the concepts for organizing and accessing data that are embodied in the relational database, the predominant approach to data organization in today's business world.Continue Reading
AS2 (Applicability Statement 2)
AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) is a specification for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between businesses using the Internet's Web page protocol, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).Continue Reading
autonomous transaction
In Oracle's database products, an autonomous transaction is an independent transaction that is initiated by another transaction.Continue Reading
row
In a database, a row (sometimes called a record) is the set of fields within a table that are relevant to a specific entity.Continue Reading