passing being "covered elsewhere", per Dave Page.
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<chapter id="protocol">
<title>Frontend/Backend Protocol</title>
if it is able.
</para>
- <para>
- Higher level features built on this protocol (for example, how
- <application>libpq</application> passes certain environment
- variables when the connection is established) are covered elsewhere.
- </para>
-
<para>
In order to serve multiple clients efficiently, the server launches
a new <quote>backend</> process for each client.