A name, net service name or service name, that resolves to a connect descriptor. Users initiate a connect request by passing a user name and password along with a connect identifier in a connect string for the service to which they wish to connect:
CONNECT username/password@connect_identifier
Oracle Net Services Configuration Overview
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