A type of database that's often used as an interim logical area for a data warehouse. While in the ODS, data can be scrubbed, resolved for redundancy and checked for compliance with the corresponding business rules. 

The blending of tasks performed by a company's application development and systems operations teams.

An operator is a symbol or an object that is capable or manipulating the outcome of an operation. In the example "2 + 4" 2 and 4 are operands and "+" is the operator. Some of the operators include "+", "-", "/", "*" etc.

An electronic data storage medium that can be written to and read using a low-powered laser beam.

An advanced computer pointing device that uses a light-emitting diode ( LED ), an optical sensor, and digital signal processing (DSP) in place of the traditional mouse ball and electromechanical transducer. 

A communications network in which information is transmitted entirely in the form of optical or infrared transmission(IR) signals. 

Any storage method in which data is written and read with a laser for archival or backup purposes. Typically, data is written to optical media, such as CDs and DVDs.

The combined use of two technologies - conventional radio-frequency (RF) wireless and optical fiber - for telecommunication. 

The world's leading supplier of software for information management but it is best known for its sophisticated relational database products (notably Oracle9i), which are used in Fortune 1000 corporations and by many of the largest Web sites. 

Oracle's grid computing product group that includes a database management system (DBMS) and an application server. 10g products automate many database management tasks. 

Oracle Database 11g helps customers lower IT costs and deliver a higher quality of service by enabling consolidation onto database clouds and engineered systems like Oracle Exadata and Oracle Database Appliance. 

Released in 2001, Oracle 9i added 400 new features, including the ability to read and write XML documents. It also provided an option for Oracle RAC, or "Real Application Clusters".

Oracle Applications comprise the applications software or business software of Oracle Corporation. The term refers to the non-database and non-middleware parts of Oracle's software portfolio.

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, also termed OBI EE, is Oracle Corporation's set of business intelligence tools consisting of former Siebel Systems business intelligence and Hyperion Solutions business intelligence offerings. OBIEE is a complete, open, and architecturally unified business intelligence system for the enterprise that delivers abilities for reporting, ad hoc query and analysis, online analytical processing (OLAP), dashboards, and scorecards. All enterprise data sources, as well as metrics, calculations, definitions, and hierarchies are managed in a Common Enterprise Information Model, providing users with accurate and consistent insight, regardless of where the information is consumed. Users can access and interact with information in multiple ways, including web-based interactive dashboards, collaboration workspaces, search bars, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) applications, mobile devices, and Microsoft Office applications.

The Oracle Certification Program are IT Professional certifications for Oracle and Sun Microsystems products. There are three levels of Oracle Certification in several disciplines: Oracle Certified Associate (OCA), Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), and Oracle Certified Master (OCM). These certification are particularly designated for administrators and developers.

A complete content management system made by Oracle Corporation. It is essentially an enterprise content management system that combines document management, Web content management, digital asset management and records retention functionality.