| Acronyms | Spelled Out/Defined |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| CDB | Container Database, one or more PDBs together are called a CDB |
| CIT | Component Integration Testing |
| DBA | Database Administrator |
| PDB | Pluggable database, is a portable collection of schemas, schema objects, and non-schema objects that appear to an Oracle Net client as a separate database |
| RDBMS | Relational Database Management System is a Database Management System (DBMS) designed speficically for Relational Databases |
| SIT | System Integration Testing, is the overall testing of the whole system which is composed of many sub-systems. The main objective of SIT is to ensure that all software module dependencies are functioning properly and the data integrity is preserved between distinct modules and the whole system. |
| SLA | Service-Level Agreement, is a contract or commitment between a service provider and their customers that defines the service standards the provider is responsible for. |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| VM | Virtual Machine |