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In computing, the '''''''Oracle Call Interface''' '''(OCI)''' consists of a set of [[C_(programming_language)|C]]-language [[software]] [[application programming interface|APIs]] which provide an interface to the [[Oracle database]].
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OCI offers a procedural [[API]] for not only performing certain database administration tasks (such as system startup and shutdown), but also for using [[PL/SQL]] or [[SQL]] to query, access, and manipulate data. The OCI library, based on Oracle's undocumented [[User Programmatic Interface]] (UPI), acts as an "[[interpreter (communication)|interpreter]]" between applications and the low-level database network protocol.