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Oracle Database Master Glossary: N
11g Release 2 (11.2)

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NA value (OLAP User's Guide)

Naive Bayes (Data Mining Concepts)

name search (Text Application Developer's Guide)

name-level locking (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

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

namespace (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #3] (Security Guide)

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

Naming method (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)

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

National Character Large Object (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide)

national character large object (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

National Character Large Object (NCLOB) (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Oracle Objects for OLE Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

national character set (Globalization Support Guide)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

native transfer rate (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

NCLOB (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

negative rule set (Streams Concepts and Administration)

neighborhood influence (Spatial Developer's Guide)

nested data (Data Mining Concepts)

nested table (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)

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

net service name (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX)
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit))
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for Linux)
    [definition #6] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #7] (Database Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris)
    [definition #8] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #9] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #10] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #11] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #12] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

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

network address (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

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

Network Attached Storage (NAS) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)
    [definition #2] (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

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

network character set (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

Network File System (NFS) (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide)

Network Information Service (NIS) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

Network Interface (NI) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

Network Interface Card (NIC) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

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

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

Network Program Interface (NPI) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

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

network server processes (High Availability Best Practices)
    [definition #2] (High Availability Overview)

network service (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Network Session (NS) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

network switch (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)

Network Time Protocol (NTP) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

NEWS_SECTION_GROUP (Text Application Developer's Guide)

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

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

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

NLB files (Globalization Support Guide)

NLS (Globalization Support Guide)

NLSRTL (Globalization Support Guide)

NLT files (Globalization Support Guide)

NMF (Data Mining Concepts)

NOARCHIVELOG mode (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

node (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)
    [definition #5] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Non-Negative Matrix Factorization (Data Mining Concepts)

non-repudiation (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

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

noncircular reuse records (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

nonequijoin (Performance Tuning Guide)

nonpersistent (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

nonpersistent queue (Streams Concepts and Administration)

nonscalar attribute (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

nontransactional (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

nontransactional queue (Streams Concepts and Administration)

nonwriter site (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide)

normal restore point (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

normalization (Data Mining Concepts)

normalize (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #2] (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)
    [definition #3] (OLAP User's Guide)

normalized word (Text Application Developer's Guide)

notation attribute declaration (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

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

NR (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

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

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

null (Concepts)

null string (Globalization Support Guide)

NULL_SECTION_GROUP (Text Application Developer's Guide)

numerical attribute (Data Mining Concepts)