Special Terms - Oracle Oracle7 Server 7.3 Getting Started Manual

Special Terms

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Note the following special terms when using this Guide:
A system that runs an Oracle–supported
Client
application and connects to the shared database(s)
on an Oracle7 Server.
The combination of processes that begins each time
Instance
a database is started.
An executable program that enables an Oracle7
Listener
Server to accept connections from client
workstations.
A host system that runs a multiuser Oracle7
Oracle7 Server
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
and maintains at least one database that can be
shared by remote clients. The term Oracle7 Server
refers to the RDBMS that is using SQL*Net and is
capable of serving Oracle clients.
The software used to create and maintain the
Oracle7 database
database system, as well as the actual data stored in
the database.
The Oracle Relational Database Management
Oracle7 RDBMS
System. Oracle7 Server for Windows NT is an
Oracle RDBMS.
The software component of the Oracle Transparent
Oracle Protocol
Adapter
Network Substrate (TNS) architecture that
translates TNS function calls into requests to the
underlying network protocol.
Any Oracle application tool (such as SQL*Plus), an
Oracle tool
Oracle end–user tool (such as Oracle Forms), or a
third–party software program that interfaces with
an Oracle7 Server.
Structured Query Language—the internationally
SQL
accepted standard for defining and manipulating
relational databases.
The Oracle client/server communication software
SQL*Net
that offers transparent operation to Oracle tools or
databases over any type of network protocol and
operating system.
Oracle Database Tools are a suite of powerful,
Oracle Database
Tools easy–to–use, graphical database management tools