Glossary

Block -

Callable Unit - e.g. Procedure, Function

Column - 

Extent -

Function - 

Object - e.g. Table, Index, View, Sequence, Package, Procedure, Function

Procedure - 

Record - synonymous with a "row".

Relvar - 

Result Set - the result of a query as a non-permanent table of rows

Row - 

Schema - "structure of a database described in a formal language supported by the database management system (DBMS)" (1)

Segment - e.g. TABLE, INDEX

Table - 

Tuple - synonymous with a "row".

View - 

High Availability

Atomicity - All or nothing. E.g. if a database transansaction fails it should rollback. i.e. everything in the transaction completes or nothing in the transaction completes.

Consenus -

Idempotent - An operation is idempotent if performing it multiple times has the same effect as performing it once. If the operation is idempotent, retrying is safe. If not, retries can create duplicates or corrupted state.

Paxos -

Node - 

Cartesian Joins/Cartesian Product

Normalisation

1NF

2NF

3NF

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