Appendix B
APPENDIX B
THE ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
The Abbreviations and Acronyms that are used in this thesis are shown below.
ADT Abstract Data Type
API Application Programming Interface BLOB Binary Large Object
CLOB Character Large Object
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture(
DB Database
DBA Database Administrator
DBMS Database Management System DCL Data Control Language
DDBMS Distributed Database DDL Data Definition Language DML Data Manipulation Language
ERDBMS Extended Relational Database Management System IDL Interface Definision Language
ODBMS Object Database Management System ODL Object Definition Language
OID Object Identifier
OMG Object Management Group
OO Object-Oriented
OODB Object-Oriented Database OOP Object-Oriented Programming OQL Object Query Language
ORDBMS Object Relational Database Management System OSQL Object Structured Query Language
RDBMS Relational Database Management System SQL Structured Query Language
UDR User Defined Routine
UDT User Defined Type
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