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

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O-Cluster (Data Mining Concepts)

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

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

obfuscated (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

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

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

object class (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)

object column (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)

object dependency (Streams Concepts and Administration)

object identifier (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)

object instance (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)

Object Link Manager (OLM) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Object Request Broker (ORB) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

object table (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)

object type (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

observer (Data Guard Broker)

obsolete backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

OC4J (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

OCI (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #4] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

OCR writer (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide)

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

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

ODBC (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

ODBC Administrator (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

ODBC data source (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

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

ODBC driver (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

ODBC Driver Manager (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

ODBC initialization file (ODBC INI) (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

.odbc.ini file (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

ODI (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

OFA (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

offline normal (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

offset (Spatial Developer's Guide)

offsite backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

OJMS (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

OLAP (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide)

OLAP DML (OLAP User's Guide)

OLAP expression syntax (OLAP User's Guide)

oldest SCN (Streams Concepts and Administration)

OLTP (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Data Warehousing Guide)
    [definition #3] (OLAP User's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

OMB (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

OMB*Plus (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

OMU (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

on the fly (OLAP User's Guide)

one-class Support Vector Machine (Data Mining Concepts)

online backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

online redo log (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

online redo log group (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

online redo log member (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

Online Transaction Processing (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

online transaction processing (OLTP) (Data Warehousing Guide)

ontology (Semantic Technologies Developer's Guide)

OO4O (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

open workload (Quality of Service Management User's Guide)

operating system authenticated connections (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)

operating system backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

operating system backup and recovery (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

operator (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

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

OPS$ (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [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)

Optimal Flexible Architecture (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #2] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

optimal flexible architecture (OFA) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)

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

optimizer mode (Performance Tuning Guide)

Oracle Active Data Guard option (High Availability Best Practices)
    [definition #2] (High Availability Overview)

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

Oracle Application Server (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Oracle architecture (Concepts)

Oracle ASM (Concepts)

Oracle ASM disk group (Concepts)

Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX)
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit))
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide for Linux)
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris)

Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide)

Oracle Automatic Storage Management disk group (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX)
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit))
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide for Linux)
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris)

Oracle Automatic Storage Management instance (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX)
    [definition #2] (Database Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit))
    [definition #3] (Database Installation Guide for Linux)
    [definition #4] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris)

Oracle Base directory (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)

Oracle Call Interface (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #2] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

Oracle Call Interface (OCI) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #3] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)

Oracle Cluster File Systems (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)
    [definition #2] (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide)
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle Clusterware (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)
    [definition #3] (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide)
    [definition #4] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle Clusterware stack (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle CM SDK (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Oracle COM Automation Feature (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Connection Manager (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

Oracle Connection Manager Control utility (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

Oracle Content Management SDK (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Oracle Context (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #3] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #5] (Net Services Reference)

Oracle Data Integrator (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle database method (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

Oracle Database Resource Manager (Quality of Service Management User's Guide)

Oracle Documentation Library (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)

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

Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant (EMCA) (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle Fail Safe (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Flashback Database (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

Oracle Flashback Technology (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster (Quality of Service Management User's Guide)

Oracle Grid Naming Service Daemon (GNSD) (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle High Availability Services Daemon (OHASD) (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle home (Concepts)
    [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)

Oracle Home directory (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)

Oracle Identity Management (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

Oracle Interface Configuration Tool (OIFCFG) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle interMedia (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Multimedia User's Guide)

Oracle Internet Directory (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Inventory directory (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)

Oracle Java Message Service (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

Oracle Locale Builder (Globalization Support Guide)

Oracle managed file (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

Oracle Managed Files (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle Managed Files (OMF) (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

Oracle MTS Recovery Service (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Net (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #4] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Net Configuration Assistant (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

Oracle Net Firewall Proxy (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

Oracle Net foundation layer (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [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] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #8] (Net Services Reference)

Oracle Net Listener (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

Oracle Net listener (Net Services Reference)

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

Oracle Net Services (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #4] (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #5] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #6] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #7] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #8] (Provider for OLE DB Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Notification Service (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle Notification Services (ONS) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)

Oracle Objects for OLE (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

Oracle Objects for OLE (OO4O) (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Driver (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle PKI (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle PKI certificate usages (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

Oracle process (Concepts)

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

Oracle Protocol Support (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

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

Oracle Provider for OLE DB (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle RAC (Concepts)

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

Oracle Real Application Clusters (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)

Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

Oracle schema (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [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] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #8] (Net Services Reference)

Oracle schema users (In-Memory Database Cache User's Guide)

Oracle Secure Backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

Oracle services (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server (OraMTS) (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Streams client (Streams Concepts and Administration)

Oracle Streams data dictionary (Streams Concepts and Administration)

Oracle Streams pool (Streams Concepts and Administration)

Oracle Streams topology (Streams Concepts and Administration)

Oracle System Identifier (SID) (Net Services Reference)

Oracle system identifier (SID) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

Oracle Text (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Oracle timesten user (In-Memory Database Cache User's Guide)

Oracle Universal Installer (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)

Oracle Virtual Private Database (Security Guide)

Oracle VSS writer (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

Oracle Warehouse Builder Repository (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

Oracle XA (Concepts)

Oracle XML DB (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #4] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDK) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

Oracle-suggested backup strategy (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

OracleContextAdmins (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

OracleDataReader (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide)

OracleDBAdmins (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

OracleDBCreators (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

OracleDBSecurityAdmins (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

OraclePasswordAccessibleDomains (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

OracleUserSecurityAdmins (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)

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

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

OraMTS (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

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

ORDAudio (Multimedia User's Guide)

ORDDicom (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Multimedia User's Guide)

ORDDicom database object (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide)

ORDDoc (Multimedia User's Guide)

Ordered Collection in Tables (OCT) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

ORDImage (Multimedia User's Guide)

ORDSource (Multimedia User's Guide)

ORDVideo (Multimedia User's Guide)

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information (OASIS) (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

oriented point (Spatial Developer's Guide)

orphaned backups (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

Orthogonal Partitioning Clustering (Data Mining Concepts)

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

out-of-line column (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

outer join (Performance Tuning Guide)

outer table (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)

outlier (Data Mining Concepts)

override solve specification (OLAP User's Guide)

OWLPrime (Semantic Technologies Developer's Guide)