global default
A default that is defined for a specific database and is shared by columns of different tables.
global properties
General properties of an English Query application, such as the default year setting or the start date of the fiscal year.
global rule
A rule that is defined for a specific database and is shared by columns of different tables.
global subscriptions
A subscription to a merge publication with an assigned priority value used for conflict detection and resolution.
global variable
In SQL Server, a variable that can be referenced by multiple Data Transformation Services (DTS) tasks. In earlier versions of SQL Server, the term referred to the Transact-SQL system functions whose names start with two 'at' signs (@@).
The process of applying permissions to a user account to allow the account to perform an activity or to work with data.
granularity
The degree of specificity of information contained in a data element. A fact table that has fine granularity contains many discrete facts, such as individual sales transactions. A table that has coarse granularity stores facts that are summaries of individual elements, such as sales totals per day.
guest
A special user account that is present in all SQL Server 2000 databases and cannot be removed from any database. If a connection is made by using a login that has not been assigned a user account in a database and the connection references objects in that database, it has the permissions assigned only to the guest account in that database.
GUID
Globally unique identifier.