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

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Glossary Definitions

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

sample (Data Mining Concepts)

savepoint (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

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

SBT (Backup and Recovery Basics)

scalability (HTTP Server Administrator's 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 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 (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Enterprise User Administrator's 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 User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (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 (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (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)

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 locking (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

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

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)

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)

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] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (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)

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 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)

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)

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)

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

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

System Global Area (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 (SID) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Administrator's Guide)

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)