S
- scalability
The ability of a system to continue to provide adequate performance as the amount of data, the number of users, or both increase.
- SCN
See system change number.
- segment
A schema object that stores data outside of the data dictionary. Tables and indexes are segments, while constraints and sequences are not.
- segment space management
Defines how free space within a segment is managed.
- self-referencing foreign key
A foreign key constraint that refers to the primary key column of the same table.
- sequences
Schema objects that generate unique integers.
- Server Parameter File (SPFILE)
A binary, dynamically modifiable file that stores a list of instance and database configuration parameters.
- server process
The operating system ...
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