From 61c8163957094f22b2864832682bf9491d07de8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:00:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add acronym section to our documentation. --- doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml | 753 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml | 3 +- doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml | 3 +- 3 files changed, 757 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b31075219f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,753 @@ + + + + Acronyms + + + This is a list of acronymns used in the documentation. + + + + + ANSI + + + + American National Standards Institute + + + + + + API + + + Application Programming Interface + + + + + + ASCII + + + American Standard + Code for Information Interchange + + + + + + BKI + + + Backend Interface + + + + + + CA + + + Certificate Authority + + + + + + CIDR + + + Classless + Inter-Domain Routing + + + + + + CPAN + + + Comprehensive Perl Archive Network + + + + + + CRL + + + Certificate + Revocation List + + + + + + CSV + + + Comma + Separated Values + + + + + + CVE + + + Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures + + + + + + CVS + + + Concurrent + Versions System + + + + + + DBA + + + Database + Administrator + + + + + + DBI + + + Database Interface (Perl) + + + + + + DBMS + + + Database Management + System + + + + + + DCL + + + Data + Control Language, e.g. GRANT, + REVOKE + + + + + + DDL + + + Data + Definition Language, e.g. CREATE TABLE, + ALTER USER + + + + + + DML + + + Data + Manipulation Language, e.g INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE. + + + + + + DST + + + Daylight + Saving Time + + + + + + ECPG + + + Embedded C for PostgreSQL + + + + + + ESQL + + + Embedded + SQL + + + + + + FAQ + + + Frequently Asked + Questions + + + + + + FSM + + + Free Space Map + + + + + + GEQO + + + Genetic Query Optimizer + + + + + + GIN + + + Generalized Inverted Index + + + + + + GiST + + + Generalized Search Tree + + + + + + GMT + + + Greenwich Mean Time + + + + + + GSSAPI + + + Generic + Security Services Application Programming Interface + + + + + + GUC + + + Global User Configuration, + e.g. postgresql.conf + + + + + + HBA + + + Host-Based Authentication, + e.g. pg_hba.conf + + + + + + HOT + + + Heap-Only + Tuples + + + + + + IEC + + + International + Electrotechnical Commission + + + + + + IEEE + + + Institute of Electrical and + Electronics Engineers, e.g. IEEE Standard for Binary + Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) + + + + + + IPC + + + Inter-Process + Communication + + + + + + ISO + + + International Standards + Organization, e.g. ISO/IEC 9075 (SQL99 standard) + + + + + + ISSN + + + International Standard + Serial Number + + + + + + JDBC + + + Java + Database Connectivity + + + + + + LDAP + + + Lightweight + Directory Access Protocol + + + + + + MSVC + + + Microsoft + Visual C + + + + + + MVCC + + + Multi-Version Concurrency Control + + + + + + NLS + + + National + Language Support + + + + + + ODBC + + + Open + Database Connectivity + + + + + + OID + + + Object Identifier + + + + + + OLAP + + + Online Analytical + Processing + + + + + + OLTP + + + Online Transaction + Processing + + + + + + ORDBMS + + + Object-Relational + Database Management System + + + + + + PAM + + + Pluggable + Authentication Modules + + + + + + PGSQL + + + PostgreSQL + + + + + + PGXS + + + PostgreSQL Extension System + + + + + + PID + + + Process Identifier + + + + + + PITR + + + Point-In-Time + Recovery, i.e. Continuous Archiving + + + + + + PL + + + Programming Languages (server-side) + + + + + + POSIX + + + Portable Operating + System Interface + + + + + + RDBMS + + + Relational + Database Management System + + + + + + RFC + + + Request For + Comments + + + + + + SGML + + + Standard Generalized + Markup Language + + + + + + SPI + + + Server Programming Interface + + + + + + SQL + + + Structured Query Language + + + + + + SRF + + + Set-Returning Functions + + + + + + SSH + + + Secure + Shell + + + + + + SSL + + + Secure Sockets Layer + + + + + + SSPI + + + Security + Support Provider Interface + + + + + + SYSV + + + Unix System V + + + + + + TCP/IP + + + Transmission + Control Protocol (TCP) / Internet Protocol (IP) + + + + + + TID + + + Tuple Identifier + + + + + + TOAST + + + The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique + + + + + + TPC + + + Transaction Processing + Performance Council + + + + + + URL + + + Uniform Resource + Locator + + + + + + UTC + + + Coordinated + Universal Time + + + + + + UTF + + + Unicode + Transformation Format + + + + + + UTF8 + + + Eight-Bit Unicode + Transformation Format + + + + + + UUID + + + Universally Unique + Identifier + + + + + + WAL + + + Write-Ahead Log + + + + + + XID + + + Transaction Identifier + + + + + + XML + + + Extensible Markup + Language + + + + + + + + diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml index 8de816db6b..5502bb4208 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ + diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml index ecacb75bdf..35fb92d573 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + -- 2.11.0