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OFA

See Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA).

Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA)

A model for organizing mount points, directory structures, and files so that they will be easier to manage, maintain, and back up.

optimizer statistics

Measures such as number of rows, average row length, number of leaf blocks, and degree of selectivity that are stored as metadata whenever statistics are automatically or manually collected for database tables and indexes.

Oracle Advanced Security

An optional package offered by Oracle that enhances and extends the security capabilities of the standard Oracle server configuration.

Oracle Applications 11i

Oracle Corporation's e-business suite of products for businesses, universities, and governments.

Oracle Application Server 10g

Oracle Corporation's primary infrastructure product, providing web, portal, forms, reports, and single sign-on capabilities for application developers.

Oracle Collaboration Suite

Oracle Corporation's integrated suite of collaboration products.

Oracle Connection Manager

An optional middleware feature from Oracle that provides multiplexing, network access control, and cross-protocol connectivity.

Oracle Database 10g

The latest release of Oracle's flagship database software that provides improved ease of management with grid computing scalability.

Oracle Developer Suite

Oracle Corporation's suite of application design, development, and deployment tools.

Oracle Easy Connect Naming method

A names resolution method for small networks utilizing the TCP/IP protocol, which minimizes the amount of configuration work that you must perform. It is similar to the host naming method but also enables clients to connect to a database server with an optional port and service name as well as the host name of the database.

Oracle Flash Recovery area

A component of the new automated disk-based recovery mechanisms in Oracle 10g. Flash Recovery is designed to simplify your life in terms of Oracle backups by providing a centralized location to maintain and manage all the files related to database backups.

Oracle Management Agent

A process that identifies and collects data about entities of interest within the Oracle Management Framework.

Oracle Management Framework

An integrated set of tools that lets you perform traditional tasks more easily and efficiently as well as providing an effective mechanism for monitoring components within the enterprise.

Oracle Management Repository

A database that contains monitoring and configuration information collected about the managed targets in the Oracle Management Framework.

Oracle Management Service

A Java-based web component that is the actual interface you use to monitor and control managed targets within the Oracle Management Framework.

Oracle server

The combination of an Oracle instance and database.

Oracle Services

Oracle Corporation's nonsoftware offerings such as education and consulting services.

Oracle Shared Server

A connection configuration that enhances the scalability of the Oracle Server through the use of dispatcher processes and shared server resources. Shared Server allows the server to support a larger number of lightweight concurrent connections by allowing them to share resources.

Oracle Transparent Gateway

A connectivity product that seamlessly extends the reach of Oracle to non-Oracle data stores and allows you to treat non-Oracle data sources as if they were a part of the Oracle environment.

Oracle Universal Installer (OUI)

The Java-based installation tool for installing Oracle software.

OUI

See Oracle Universal Installer.