SID

From Oracle FAQ
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The term SID refers to either:

  • System IDentifier - uniquely identifies an Oracle database instance on a given system. See ORACLE_SID.
  • Session IDentifier - identifies an Oracle session (SID column in v$session and other dictionary tables).
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