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Oracle® Database Online Documentation Library Master Glossary: N
11g Release 2 (11.2)

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NA value (OLAP User's Guide) 

Naive Bayes (Data Mining Concepts) 

name search (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

Named Pipes protocol (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 

namespace (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Security Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Extensions for .NET Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

naming context (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 

naming method (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Installation Guide for Linux) 
    [definition #3] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #4] (Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris) 
    [definition #5] (Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)) 
    [definition #6] (Installation Guide for HP-UX) 
    [definition #7] (Net Services Reference) 

Naming method (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

naming method (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 

National Character Large Object (NCLOB) (Data Provider for .NET Developer's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Objects for OLE Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

National Character Large Object (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide) 

national character large object (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 

national character set (Globalization Support Guide) 

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 

native transfer rate (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

NCLOB (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide) 

negative rule set (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

neighborhood influence (Spatial Developer's Guide) 

nested data (Data Mining Concepts) 

nested table (Object-Relational Developer's Guide) 

net service alias (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #3] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 

net service name (Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Installation Guide for Linux) 
    [definition #4] (Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #5] (Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #6] (Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris) 
    [definition #7] (Installation Guide for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)) 
    [definition #8] (Installation Guide for HP-UX) 
    [definition #9] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #10] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #11] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #12] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 

network address (TimesTen In-Memory Database Operations Guide) 

network administrator (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

Network Attached Storage (NAS) (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #3] (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

network authentication service (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 

network character set (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

network database (Concepts) 

network encryption (Concepts) 

Network File System (NFS) (Automatic Storage Management Administrator's Guide) 

Network Information Service (NIS) (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 

Network Interface (NI) (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

Network Interface Card (NIC) (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #2] (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

network listener (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 
    [definition #3] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #5] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 

network object (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

Network Program Interface (NPI) (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 

network protocol (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

network server processes (High Availability Best Practices) 
    [definition #2] (High Availability Overview) 

network service (Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows) 

Network Session (NS) (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 

network switch (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

Network Time Protocol (NTP) (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #2] (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 

network (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

NEWS_SECTION_GROUP (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

NI (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

NIS (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Reference) 

NIST (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 

NLB files (Globalization Support Guide) 

NLS (Globalization Support Guide) 

NLSRTL (Globalization Support Guide) 

NLT files (Globalization Support Guide) 

NMF (Data Mining Concepts) 

NOARCHIVELOG mode (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

node (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (2 Day + Real Application Clusters Guide) 
    [definition #3] (Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide) 
    [definition #4] (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #5] (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide) 

Non-Negative Matrix Factorization (Data Mining Concepts) 

non-repudiation (Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Advanced Security Administrator's Guide) 

nonadditive (Data Warehousing Guide) 
    [definition #2] (OLAP User's Guide) 

noncircular reuse records (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

nonequijoin (Performance Tuning Guide) 

nonpersistent queue (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

nonpersistent (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 

nonscalar attribute (Multimedia DICOM Developer's Guide) 

nontransactional queue (Streams Concepts and Administration) 

nontransactional (Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide) 

nonwriter site (Workspace Manager Developer's Guide) 

normal restore point (Backup and Recovery User's Guide) 

normalization (Data Mining Concepts) 

normalize (Object-Relational Developer's Guide) 
    [definition #2] (Data Warehousing Guide) 
    [definition #3] (OLAP User's Guide) 

normalized word (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

notation attribute declaration (XML Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide) 

NPI (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

NR (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

NS (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

NT (Net Services Reference) 
    [definition #2] (Net Services Administrator's Guide) 

null string (Globalization Support Guide) 

null (Concepts) 

NULL_SECTION_GROUP (Text Application Developer's Guide) 

numerical attribute (Data Mining Concepts)