A server in Sybase’s client/server architecture. Adaptive Server Enterprise manages multiple databases and multiple users, keeps track of the actual location of data on disks, maintains mapping of logical data description to physical data storage, and maintains data and procedure caches in memory.
ADO .Net (ActiveX Data Objects for .NET) is a set of computer software components that programmers can use to access data and data services. It is a part of the base class library that is included with the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is commonly used by programmers to access and modify data stored in relational database systems, though it can also access data in non-relational sources.
An ADO.NET data provider is a software component enabling an ADO.NET consumer to interact with a data source.
A preferential list of key-exchange algorithms, hashing methods, and encryption methods used by SSL-enabled applications.
The CLR is the virtual machine component of Microsoft's .NET framework and is responsible for managing the execution of .NET programs.
Connection failover allows a client application to switch to an alternate Adaptive Server if the primary server becomes unavailable due to an unplanned event, like power outage or a socket failure.
Connection migration allows a server in a Cluster Edition environment to dynamically distribute load, and seamlessly migrate an existing client connection and its context to another server within the cluster.
A connection pool is a cache of database connections maintained so that the connections can be reused when future requests to the database are required.
DAAB is a collection of classes that simplifies common database functions such as creating database instances and updating database records.
Data retrieval, in database management, involves extracting the wanted data from a database.
A distributed transaction is an operations bundle, in which two or more network hosts are involved.
Techniques available to Transact-SQL programmers on which to base code anddisplay errors and error messages.
The GAC is a machine-wide .NET assemblies cache for Microsoft's platform.
Kerberos is an industry standard network authentication system that provides simple login authentication as well as mutual login authentication.
LDAP is an industry standard for accessing directory services.
LINQ is a programming model that introduces queries as a first-class concept into any Microsoft .NET language.
A passive entity that contains or receives information, and that cannot change the information it contains. In Adaptive Server, objects include rows, tables, databases, stored procedures, triggers, defaults, and views. See also database object.
The ODBC interface, defined by Microsoft Corporation, is a standard interface to database management systems in the Windows and Windows NT environments.
An OLE DB provider is a software component enabling an OLE DB consumer to interact with a data source.
A parameter is a special kind of variable, used in a subroutine to refer to arguments of data provided as input to the subroutine.
Every company has a specific set of password policies for its database system. Depending on the policies, the password expires at a specific date and time.
A collection of objects associated with a particular schema name and schema authorization identifier. The objects can be tables, views, domains, constraints, assertions, privileges, and so on. A schema is created by a create schemastatement.
SSL is an industry standard for sending wire- or socket-level encrypted data over client-to-server and server-to-server connections.
