a name that refers to a service rather than to a particular host
a short, convenient name mapped to a network address contained in a TNS connect descriptor
a unique string contained in a system database
In TCP/IP, a port identifier. Service names are defined in your installation's services file. The location of the services file is host dependent, but it is typically located as follows: For OS/390: The location is site specific. Contact your network administrator. For UNIX:/etc/services For Windows NT: c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\services
The name by which a port is known.
A name that provides a symbolic method of specifying the port number to be used at a remote node. The TCP/IP connection requires: The address of the remote node. The port number to be used on the remote node to identify an application.
A logical representation of a database, which is the way a database is presented to clients. A database can be presented as multiple services and a service can be implemented as multiple database instances. The service name is a string that is the global database name, that is, a name comprising the database name and domain name, entered during installation or database creation. If you are not sure what the global database name is, you can obtain it from the value of the SERVICE_NAMES parameter in the initialization parameter file. The service name is included in the connect data part of the connect descriptor.
A name, from 1 to 16 characters long, that a LAT administrator assigns to a LAT resource.
