Terms to Know

• control file

• database

• database block

• database buffer cache

• Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)

• datafiles

• extent

• instance

• LRU (least recently used) algorithm

• logical structures

• Oracle block

• Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)

• Oracle Home

• Oracle Universal Installer (OUI)

• physical structures

• process

• Program Global Area (PGA)

• redo log buffer

• redo log files

• schema

• segment

• shared pool

• SID

• Software Code Area

• System Global Area (SGA)

• tablespace