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

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Glossary Definitions

large object (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

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

large object (LOB) (Concepts)

Large Objects (LOBs) (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide)

large pool (Concepts)

last archive timestamp (Security Guide)

latch (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

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

LATEST (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide)

latitude (Spatial Developer's Guide)

layer (Quality of Service Management User's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Spatial Developer's Guide)

Layer Active Time (Quality of Service Management User's Guide)

Layer Response Time (Quality of Service Management User's Guide)

layer visit (Quality of Service Management User's Guide)

lazy type conversions (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

LCR (Streams Concepts and Administration)

LDAP (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #4] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) (Net Services Reference)

ldap.ora file (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)

LDIF (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

leaf data (OLAP User's Guide)

leaf-level scalar attribute (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)

leaf-level scalar object (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)

length semantics (Globalization Support Guide)

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

level 0 incremental backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

level attribute (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

level of multiplexing (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

level value table (Data Warehousing Guide)

level-based hierarchy (OLAP User's Guide)

lexer (Text Application Developer's Guide)

library cache (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Performance Tuning Guide)

lift (Data Mining Concepts)

lights out computing (Data Guard Broker)

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) (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)

Lightweight Directory Interchange Format (LDIF) (Net Services Administrator's Guide)

lightweight user session (Security Guide)

line (Spatial Developer's Guide)

line string (Spatial Developer's Guide)

lineage (Data Mining Concepts)

linear feature (Spatial Developer's Guide)

linear regression (Data Mining Concepts)

linguistic index (Globalization Support Guide)

linguistic sort (Globalization Support Guide)

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

LIO (Performance Tuning Guide)

listener (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #3] (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #4] (Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #5] (Database Installation Guide for HP-UX)
    [definition #6] (Database Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit))
    [definition #7] (Database Installation Guide for Linux)
    [definition #8] (Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #9] (Database Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris)
    [definition #10] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #11] (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #12] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #13] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #14] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

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

listener thread (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

listener.ora (COM Automation Feature Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #2] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)
    [definition #3] (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows)

listener.ora file (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)

literal (Performance Tuning Guide)

literal invocation (Object-Relational Developer's Guide)

LIVE (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide)

load (In-Memory Database Cache User's Guide)

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

load shedding (Quality of Service Management User's Guide)

LOB (Concepts)
    [definition #2] (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide)
    [definition #3] (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)
    [definition #4] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide)

LOB assembly (Streams Concepts and Administration)

LOB attribute (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide)

LOB value (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide)

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

local capture process (Streams Concepts and Administration)

local consumer (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

local coordinates (Spatial Developer's Guide)

local groups (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

local naming (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)

local resource (Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide)

local roles (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows)

locale (Globalization Support Guide)

localization (Globalization Support Guide)

locally managed tablespace (Concepts)

location (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

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

lock (Concepts)

locks (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide)

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

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

log writer (LGWR) (Concepts)

logging (Net Services Administrator's Guide)
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference)
    [definition #3] (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide)

logical backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

logical change record (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide)

logical change record (LCR) (Streams Concepts and Administration)

logical corruption (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)
    [definition #2] (High Availability Overview)

logical definition (Warehouse Builder Concepts)

logical flashback features (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

logical standby database (Data Guard Broker)

Logical Unit Number (LUN) (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide)

logical unit numbers (LUNs) (High Availability Best Practices)
    [definition #2] (High Availability Overview)

Logical Volume Manager (LVM) (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide)
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide)

logistic regression (Data Mining Concepts)

LogMiner (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

LogMiner data dictionary (Streams Concepts and Administration)

long-term backup (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)

longitude (Spatial Developer's Guide)

lookup table (Concepts)

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

lossless compression schemes (Multimedia User's Guide)

lossy compression schemes (Multimedia User's Guide)

lost update (Concepts)

lost write (Backup and Recovery User's Guide)
    [definition #2] (High Availability Best Practices)
    [definition #3] (High Availability Overview)

lottery based scheduling (Quality of Service Management User's Guide)

low boundary (Data Warehousing Guide)

low-watermark (Streams Concepts and Administration)

LRS point (Spatial Developer's Guide)