Stored procedures are part of the data base schema included with the application.  A stored procedure may be one of the following:
* [Trigger|DATA BASE TRIGGER] - executed upon an event in the data base
* [Function|DATA BASE FUNCTION] - performs computations and/or data retrieval and returns a value to the calling program
* [Procedure|DATA BASE PROCEDURE] - executes computations and/or data manipulation
* [Packages|DATA BASE PACKAGE] - a collection of functions and procedures that can also share variable values.