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    • C
      compute unit

      Measurement unit of computing resources. A CU includes a 4-core CPU and 16 GB memory.

      CU

      See compute unit

    • D
      data control language

      Statement used for setting or modifying the permission of a database user or role.

      data definition language

      Language used to define the data structure and database objects.

      Data Lake Insight Service

      Data Lake Insight (DLI) Service is a fully hosted, out-of-the-box big data analysis service and frees you from managing servers. It delivers analysis on cloud data of multiple data formats and from various data sources. DLI supports both standard SQL and Spark interfaces.

      data manipulation language

      An instruction set used for accessing data for database objects.

      database

      A database is a collection of related data. Serving various applications, the data is structured and has no harmful or unnecessary redundancy. The data is stored separately from the relevant programs. You can use a common and controllable method to insert new data into the database in addition to modifying and searching the data in the database.

      DB

      See database

      DCL

      See data control language

      DDL

      See data definition language

      DLI

      See Data Lake Insight Service

      DLI Table

      Table that stores data of DLI.

      DML

      See data manipulation language

    F-J

      • F-J
        job

        Execution entity of submitting SQL statements, and importing and exporting data in the system.

      K-O

        • M
          metadata

          Data that provides information about other data. Metadata describes the source, size, format, or other characteristics of data. In the database field, metadata helps to explain the content of a data warehouse.

        • O
          OBS Table

          Table that stores data of OBS.

        P-T

          • Q
            queue

            A logical combination of resources in a cluster.

          • S
            SQL

            See Structured Query Language

            Structured Query Language

            A programming language widely used for accessing, querying, updating, and managing data in a relational database. It includes DDL, DML, and DCL.

          • T
            table

            A combination of rows and columns. Each column is a field, and each field represents a type of data.