Server processes handle requests from connected user processes. A server process is in charge of communicating with the user process and interacting with Oracle to carry out requests of the associated user process. See Also: process, user process
A self-contained, fully functional execution environment set up by an operating system. Each instance of an application typically runs in a separate process.
Every client process, such as msql, has a corresponding process on the Illustra Server called a server process.
a process that has created one half of a socket and is waiting for some other machine to create the other half
a process that services a client's requests
a system process that hosts the application components
a system process that hosts the execution of an application component
A process that executes the server application.
In the client/server model of communication, a process that provides services to client processes. See also passive user.
Database processes that handle a client request on behalf of a database.
Process started by a database instance to perform work on behalf of a connected user process. The server process communicates with the user process and execute database instructions ( SQL) on behalf of the user process. This mechanism protects the database for badly behaved user processes.