a set of objects that can be manipulated to determine a user's access to data. An Environment determines what data is available to a user, what access a user has to that data, and so on.

a file that contains information about how data is organized, what users can access it, and how they can access it.

an ASCII file containing words to exclude from indexing. Also called an excluded words file.

excluded words words specified through OmniUtil for exclusion from the Omnidex indexes.

executable library XL; the location of the Omnidex intrinsics and call conversion procedures in native mode versions of Omnidex; the HPPA native mode library of callable routines.

extract specific data selected and retrieved from an existing database, usually from an OLTP system for use in data warehousing. See OLTP and data warehouse. SQL function that “extracts” specific parts of a date. ODXSQL function that creates SQL insert, update, and delete statements for a table to allow a user to restore a table to its original state.

extranet an Internet-based network where data is shared between one company and another, typically business partners.

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