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A tablespace is a storage location where the actual data underlying database objects can be kept. It provides a layer of abstraction between physical and logical data,[1] and serves to allocate storage for all DBMS managed segments. (A database segment is a database object which occupies physical space such as table data and indexes.) Once created, a tablespace can be referred to by name when creating database segments.
[...] a logical file that forms a layer of abstraction between the physical and logical layers, thereby providing better logical data independence.