A database other than your default database, which may reside on a remote computer; in particular, one that you reference in the CONNECT, COPY, and SQLPLUS commands.
A database on a computer other than the local database.
In SQLÂ Remote replication or MobiLink synchronization, a database that exchanges data with a consolidated database. Remote databases may share all or some of the data in the consolidated database. See also: replication, consolidated database.