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Oracle® Database Online Documentation Library Master Glossary: S
11g Release 2 (11.2)

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

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

sample schemas (Concepts) 

sample (Data Mining Concepts) 

savepoint (Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide) 

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

SBT (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

scalability (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #3] (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

scalar attribute (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

scale normalization (Data Mining Concepts) 

scale (Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

SCAN (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

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

schema object dependency (Concepts) 

schema object (Concepts) 

schema rule (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

schema validation (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

schema (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Concepts) 
    [definition #3] (Data Warehousing Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #5] (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 
    [definition #6] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #7] (Data Mining Concepts) 
    [definition #8] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide) 
    [definition #9] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 

SCN (Concepts) 

score (Data Mining Concepts) 

script (Globalization Support Guide) 

SDATA section (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

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

secondary filter (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

secondary index (Concepts) 

section group (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

section (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

secure application role (Security Guide) 

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

secure queue (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

Secure Shell (SSH) (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #2] (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Installation Guide for Linux) 
    [definition #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #4] (Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris) 
    [definition #5] (Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)) 
    [definition #6] (Installation Guide for HP-UX) 
    [definition #7] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #8] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #9] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

SECUREFILE (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide) 

security policy (Concepts) 

security role (OLAP User's Guide) 

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

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

self join (Concepts) 

semantic index (Semantic Technologies Developer's Guide) 

semi-additive (Data Warehousing Guide) 

send (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 

separation of duty (Security Guide) 

sequence (Concepts) 

Server Control (SRVCTL) Utility (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

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

server data source name (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

server DSN (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

server group (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 

server parameter file (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Concepts) 

server pool directive overrides (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 

server pool importance (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 

server pool maximum (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 

server pool minimum (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 

server pool (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide) 

server pools (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 

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

server (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Concepts) 
    [definition #3] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #5] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

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

service key table (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 

service level (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 

service name (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #3] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #5] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

service object pair (SOP) (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

service placement (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 

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

service registration (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #3] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #4] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #5] (Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)) 
    [definition #6] (Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris) 
    [definition #7] (Installation Guide for HP-UX) 
    [definition #8] (Installation Guide for Linux) 

service table (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

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

service (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #4] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #5] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

service-oriented architecture (SOA) (Concepts) 

services (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

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

Sesame Adapter for Oracle Database (Semantic Technologies Developer's Guide) 

session context (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide) 

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 Security Administrator's Guide) 

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

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

session (Concepts) 

settings (Data Mining Concepts) 

SGA (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Concepts) 
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #4] (Performance Tuning Guide) 

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

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

shadow copy set (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

shadow copy (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

shape points (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

shared everything (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 

shared locking (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide) 

shared pool (Concepts) 

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

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

Shared Server Process (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

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

shared SQL area (Concepts) 

shorthand name (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

SID (Installation Guide for Linux) 
    [definition #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #3] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #4] (Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris) 
    [definition #5] (Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)) 
    [definition #6] (Installation Guide for HP-UX) 
    [definition #7] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #8] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #9] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

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

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

Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) (Semantic Technologies Developer's Guide) 

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

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

simple query (Performance Tuning Guide) 

simple statement (Performance Tuning Guide) 

single byte (Globalization Support Guide) 

Single Client Access Name (SCAN) (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide) 

single client access name (SCAN) (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 

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

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

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

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

single-byte character string (Globalization Support Guide) 

single-byte character (Globalization Support Guide) 

single-level partitioning (Concepts) 

single-record case (Data Mining Concepts) 

singleton services (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 

site failure (High Availability Best Practices) 
    [definition #2] (High Availability Overview) 

skewed data (Performance Tuning Guide) 

skip-level hierarchy (OLAP User's Guide) 

skipjoin (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

slice and dice (Data Warehousing Guide) 

Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide) 

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

SMP (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

snap-ins (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

snapshot control file (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

snapshot standby database (High Availability Best Practices) 
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Broker) 

snapshot (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

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

SNMP (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

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

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

soft parse (Concepts) 

solve specification (OLAP User's Guide) 

solved data (OLAP User's Guide) 

SOP class (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

sort (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

sorted hash cluster (Concepts) 

source database (Streams Concepts and Administration) 
    [definition #2] (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

source host (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

source platform (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

source queue (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

source system (Data Warehousing Guide) 

source tables (Data Warehousing Guide) 

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

sparse data (Data Mining Concepts) 

sparsity (OLAP User's Guide) 

spatial binning (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial correlation (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial data model (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial data structures (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial data (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial database (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial discretization (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial join (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial query (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial reference system (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatial (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

spatiotemporal data (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

special section (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

specializing (Object-Relational Developer's Guide) 

split brain syndrome (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 

split mirror backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

split (Data Mining Concepts) 

SQL Access Advisor (Data Warehousing Guide) 

SQL Apply (Data Guard Broker) 

SQL CHAR data types (Globalization Support Guide) 

SQL Compiler (Performance Tuning Guide) 

SQL NCHAR data types (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 (Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 
    [definition #3] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide) 

SQL*Loader control file (Warehouse Builder Concepts) 

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

SQL*Plus (Concepts) 

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

sqlnet.ora file (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #2] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #3] (Installation Guide for Linux) 
    [definition #4] (Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris) 
    [definition #5] (Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)) 
    [definition #6] (Installation Guide for HP-UX) 
    [definition #7] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #8] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #9] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #10] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

SSL (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #4] (Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)) 
    [definition #5] (Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris) 
    [definition #6] (Installation Guide for HP-UX) 
    [definition #7] (Installation Guide for Linux) 

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

stack overflow condition (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

staging area (Data Warehousing Guide) 

staging file (Data Warehousing Guide) 

standard attributes (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

standard dictionary document (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

standards conformance (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

standby database (Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Broker) 

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

star schema (Data Warehousing Guide) 
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Concepts) 

start effort evaluation (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide) 

start SCN (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

starter database (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

startjoin (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

state (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide) 

statement DML handler (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

statement-level rollback (Concepts) 

Statspack (Performance Tuning Guide) 

status (OLAP User'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) 

Storage Area Network (SAN) (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide) 

storage failure (High Availability Best Practices) 
    [definition #2] (High Availability Overview) 

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

stored procedure (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Concepts) 
    [definition #3] (Object-Relational Developer's Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide) 
    [definition #5] (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #6] (Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

stored script (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

stored tag list document (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

stratified sample (Data Mining Concepts) 

striping (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Performance Tuning Guide) 

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

Structured Query Language (SQL) (Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (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) 

subquery (Concepts) 

subscriber (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 

subscribers (Data Warehousing Guide) 

subscription window (Data Warehousing Guide) 

subscription (Data Warehousing Guide) 

subset rule (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

substitutability (Object-Relational Developer's Guide) 

Summary Advisor (Data Warehousing Guide) 

summary (Concepts) 
    [definition #2] (Data Warehousing Guide) 
    [definition #3] (OLAP User's Guide) 

supermodel (Data Mining 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 capture (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

synchronous I/O (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

synchronous writethrough (SWT) cache group (In-Memory Database Cache User's Guide) 

synchronous (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 

synonym (Concepts) 

SYSDBA (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #2] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

SYSOPER (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #2] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

system account (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

system change number (SCN) (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Concepts) 

system DSN (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 
    [definition #2] (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

System Global Area (SGA) (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

system global area (SGA) (Concepts) 

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

System Global Area (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Installation Guide for Linux) 
    [definition #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #4] (Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris) 
    [definition #5] (Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)) 
    [definition #6] (Installation Guide for HP-UX) 
    [definition #7] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

system identifier (SID) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #4] (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

system identifier (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #2] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #4] (Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)) 
    [definition #5] (Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris) 
    [definition #6] (Installation Guide for HP-UX) 
    [definition #7] (Installation Guide for Linux) 

system managed cache group (In-Memory Database Cache User's Guide) 

system metric (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 

system (Quality of Service Management User's Guide) 

SYSTEM (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide) 

system-created rule (Streams Concepts and Administration)