What is difference between tablespace and datafile?

What are the main differences between a tablespace and datafiles?

Each tablespace in an Oracle database is comprised of one or more operating system files called datafiles. A tablespace's datafiles physically store the associated database data on disk. A database's data is collectively stored in the datafiles that constitute each tablespace of the database.

What is difference between table and tablespace?

The tablespace is where tables gets stored. It links the physical storage layer (files on disks) and the logical storage layer (tables, indexes).

What tablespace means?

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, and serves to allocate storage for all DBMS managed segments.

What is the use of tablespace?

A table space is a storage structure containing tables, indexes, large objects, and long data. They are used to organize data in a database into logical storage groupings that relate to where data is stored on a system. Table spaces are stored in database partition groups.