Introducing the Oracle Data Dictionary

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The Oracle Data Dictionary contains metadata, the data about objects and data, of the entire database. There are numerous (thousands!) of views available to query and learn about the database. Because the structure of the Data Dictionary goes back to the origins of Oracle database server, it is unfortunately somewhat arcane and opaque.

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