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Oracle9i Database Master Glossary: C
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Glossary Definitions

C

CA CB CD CE CG CH CI CL CM CO CR CS CU CY

cache (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)

cache coherency (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

cache convert waits (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

Cache Fusion (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

cache open waits (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

cache recovery (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)
    [definition #2] (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

Call Memory (Java Developer's Guide)

callback (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

cancel-based recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

canonical equivalence (Globalization Support Guide)

Capacity Planner (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

cardinality (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

Cartesian coordinate system (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

Cartesian product (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

cartridge (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

cascading standby database (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

Cascading Style Sheets (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

case (Data Mining Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Globalization Support Guide)

case conversion (Globalization Support Guide)

catalog (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

categorical attribute (Data Mining Concepts)

category (Data Mining Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

CBO (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

CDATA (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

CDF (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

CDS (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)

Cell Directory Services (CDS) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)

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

central directory (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

central master registry (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)

centroid (Data Mining Concepts)

certificate (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

certificate authority (CA) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

certificate chain (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

CGI (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

CGI script (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

chained rows (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

change logs (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

Change Management Pack (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

change-based recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

channel (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

channel limits (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

CHAR datatype (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

character (Globalization Support Guide)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

character classification (Globalization Support Guide)

character code (Globalization Support Guide)

character data (CDATA) (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

character encoding scheme (Globalization Support Guide)

Character Large Object (CLOB) (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

character semantics (Concepts)

character set (Globalization Support Guide)

character set migration (Globalization Support Guide)

character string (Globalization Support Guide)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

CHECK constraint (Concepts)

checkpoint (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

checksum (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

checksumming (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

child (Data Warehousing Guide)

child destination (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

child element (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

child workspace (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

choose (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

cipher suite (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

cipher suite name (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

ciphertext (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

circular reuse records (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

class (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

Class Generator (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

classification (Data Mining Concepts)

CLASSPATH (Java Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #3] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

clause (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

clean shutdown (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

cleansing (Data Warehousing Guide)

cleartext (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

client (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #5] (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)
    [definition #6] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

client character set (Globalization Support Guide)

client load balancing (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

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

client/server (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

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

CLOB (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

CLOB datatype (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

closed backup (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

closed database (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

cluster (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

cluster centroid (Data Mining Concepts)

cluster database (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

Cluster Manager (CM) (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration)
    [definition #5] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

clustered database (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

clustering (Data Mining Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

CM (Real Application Clusters Administration)

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

cman.ora file (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)

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

code point (Globalization Support Guide)

cold backup (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    [definition #3] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

collation (Globalization Support Guide)

collection (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)
    [definition #2] (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

collection class (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

column (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

column cardinality (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

column expression (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

column heading (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

COM/COM+ (Getting Started for Windows)

command (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

command file (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

command line (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

command prompt (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

command-line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

comment (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

commit (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

Common Gateway Interface (CGI) (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)
    [definition #2] (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #3] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Common Object Request Broker API (CORBA) (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Common Oracle Runtime Environment (CORE) (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Common Warehouse Metadata (CWM) (Data Warehousing Guide)

compact view (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

Compare Database Objects (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

complete recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

Component Object Model (COM) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide)

compound query (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)

compound service package (Dynamic Services User's and Administrator's Guide)

comprehensive tuning session (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

compression (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

computation (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

computed column (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

concurrency (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

concurrent clients (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

concurrent operations (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

confidentiality (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)

configset (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

configuration (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

configuration files (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #3] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

configuration object (Data Guard Broker)

configuration set entry (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

conflicts (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

confusion matrix (Data Mining Concepts)

connect (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

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

connect descriptor (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #5] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)
    [definition #6] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

connect identifier (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)
    [definition #4] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)
    [definition #5] (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

connect string (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Getting Started for Windows)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #5] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

connect-time failover (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

connected directory (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

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

connection load balancing (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference Guide)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)
    [definition #5] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

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

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

consistent backup (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

consistent gets (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

consistent read (CR) (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

Console (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

Console Launched Standalone (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

consumer (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide)

contain (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

Content (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

content provider (Syndication Server User's and Administrator's Guide)

contention (Performance Tuning Guide and Reference)
    [definition #2] (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

context (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

context prefix (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

context switches (Java Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

control file (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Administrator's Guide for Windows)
    [definition #3] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)
    [definition #4] (Getting Started for Windows)
    [definition #5] (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)
    [definition #6] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)
    [definition #7] (SNMP Support Reference Guide)

control file autobackup (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

control file voting results record (CFVRR) (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

convex hull (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

cooked partition (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

Cooperative Multitasking (Java Developer's Guide)

coordinate (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

coordinate system (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

copy (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

CORBA (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #3] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

Core Class Libraries (Java Developer's Guide)

corrupt block (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

corrupt datafile (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

cost matrix (Data Mining Concepts)

cost-based optimization for response time (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

cost-based optimization for throughput (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

cover (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)

CR (Real Application Clusters Concepts)

CR blocks received per transaction (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

cr request retry (Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance)

crash recovery (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

Create Baseline (Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide)

credentials (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Security and Network Integration Guide for Windows)

cross product (Data Warehousing Guide)

cross-instance archival environment (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

cross-validation (Data Mining Concepts)

crosscheck (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

cryptography (Internet Directory Administrator's Guide)

CSS (XML Database Developer's Guide - Oracle XML DB)
    [definition #2] (XML Developer's Kits Guide - XDK)

cumulative incremental backup (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

current control file (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

current datafile (Backup and Recovery Concepts)

current line (SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference)

current online redo log (Backup and Recovery Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Data Guard Concepts and Administration)

current version (Application Developer's Guide - Workspace Manager)

cursor (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)

customer query (Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration)

Customized (Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration)

cycle (Database Tuning with the Oracle Tuning Pack)