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author | Bruce Momjian | 2007-11-01 17:00:46 +0000 |
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committer | Bruce Momjian | 2007-11-01 17:00:46 +0000 |
commit | 61c8163957094f22b2864832682bf9491d07de8d (patch) | |
tree | 1ff154c3e14e9ab279fff81fa46ecb42ecb8ec64 | |
parent | f0cd76fcc4ca79467aad0605f2293bebdfd61ae6 (diff) |
Add acronym section to our documentation.
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3 files changed, 757 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b31075219fd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,753 @@ +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml,v 1.1 2007/11/01 17:00:46 momjian Exp $ --> + +<appendix id="acronymns"> + <title>Acronyms</title> + + <para> + This is a list of acronymns used in the documentation. + + <variablelist> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ANSI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute"> + American National Standards Institute</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>API</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API">Application Programming Interface</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ASCII</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascii">American Standard + Code for Information Interchange</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>BKI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="bki">Backend Interface</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CA</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority">Certificate Authority</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CIDR</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing">Classless + Inter-Domain Routing</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CPAN</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/">Comprehensive Perl Archive Network</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CRL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_revocation_list">Certificate + Revocation List</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CSV</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values">Comma + Separated Values</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CVE</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://cve.mitre.org/">Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CVS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System">Concurrent + Versions System</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DBA</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_administrator">Database + Administrator</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DBI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://dbi.perl.org/">Database Interface (Perl)</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DBMS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dbms">Database Management + System</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DCL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Control_Language">Data + Control Language</ulink>, e.g. <command>GRANT</>, + <command>REVOKE</> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DDL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Definition_Language">Data + Definition Language</ulink>, e.g. <command>CREATE TABLE</>, + <command>ALTER USER</> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DML</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Manipulation_Language">Data + Manipulation Language</ulink>, e.g INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DST</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time">Daylight + Saving Time</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ECPG</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="ecpg">Embedded C for PostgreSQL</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ESQL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_SQL">Embedded + SQL</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>FAQ</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ">Frequently Asked + Questions</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>FSM</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="runtime-config-resource-fsm">Free Space Map</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>GEQO</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="geqo">Genetic Query Optimizer</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>GIN</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="GIN">Generalized Inverted Index</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>GiST</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="GiST">Generalized Search Tree</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>GMT</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT">Greenwich Mean Time</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>GSSAPI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Security_Services_Application_Program_Interface">Generic + Security Services Application Programming Interface</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>GUC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="config-setting">Global User Configuration</link>, + e.g. <filename>postgresql.conf</> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>HBA</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf">Host-Based Authentication</link>, + e.g. <filename>pg_hba.conf</> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>HOT</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/README.HOT">Heap-Only + Tuples</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>IEC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Electrotechnical_Commission">International + Electrotechnical Commission</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>IEEE</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://standards.ieee.org/">Institute of Electrical and + Electronics Engineers</ulink>, e.g. IEEE Standard for Binary + Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>IPC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-process_communication">Inter-Process + Communication</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ISO</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm">International Standards + Organization</ulink>, e.g. ISO/IEC 9075 (SQL99 standard) + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ISSN</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issn">International Standard + Serial Number</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>JDBC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Database_Connectivity">Java + Database Connectivity</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>LDAP</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol">Lightweight + Directory Access Protocol</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>MSVC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_C++"><productname>Microsoft + Visual C</productname></ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>MVCC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="mvcc">Multi-Version Concurrency Control</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>NLS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization">National + Language Support</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ODBC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Database_Connectivity">Open + Database Connectivity</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>OID</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="datatype-oid">Object Identifier</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>OLAP</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olap">Online Analytical + Processing</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>OLTP</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLTP">Online Transaction + Processing</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ORDBMS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORDBMS">Object-Relational + Database Management System</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PAM</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluggable_Authentication_Modules">Pluggable + Authentication Modules</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PGSQL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="postgres"><productname>PostgreSQL</></link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PGXS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="xfunc-c-pgxs"><productname>PostgreSQL</> Extension System</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PID</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_identifier">Process Identifier</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PITR</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="continuous-archiving">Point-In-Time + Recovery</link>, i.e. Continuous Archiving + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="server-programming">Programming Languages (server-side)</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>POSIX</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX">Portable Operating + System Interface</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>RDBMS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database_management_system">Relational + Database Management System</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>RFC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments">Request For + Comments</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SGML</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGML">Standard Generalized + Markup Language</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SPI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="spi">Server Programming Interface</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SQL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL">Structured Query Language</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SRF</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="xfunc-c-return-set">Set-Returning Functions</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SSH</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell">Secure + Shell</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SSL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer">Secure Sockets Layer</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SSPI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380493.aspx">Security + Support Provider Interface</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SYSV</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_V">Unix System V</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>TCP/IP</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol">Transmission + Control Protocol (TCP) / Internet Protocol (IP)</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>TID</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="datatype-oid">Tuple Identifier</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>TOAST</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="storage-toast">The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>TPC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://www.tpc.org/">Transaction Processing + Performance Council</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>URL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL">Uniform Resource + Locator</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>UTC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time">Coordinated + Universal Time</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>UTF</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode">Unicode + Transformation Format</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>UTF8</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utf8">Eight-Bit Unicode + Transformation Format</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>UUID</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uuid">Universally Unique + Identifier</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>WAL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="wal">Write-Ahead Log</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>XID</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="datatype-oid">Transaction Identifier</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>XML</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML">Extensible Markup + Language</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + </para> + +</appendix> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml index 8de816db6be..5502bb42086 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml,v 1.50 2007/08/21 21:08:47 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml,v 1.51 2007/11/01 17:00:18 momjian Exp $ --> <!entity history SYSTEM "history.sgml"> <!entity info SYSTEM "info.sgml"> @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ <!entity features SYSTEM "features.sgml"> <!entity keywords SYSTEM "keywords.sgml"> <!entity release SYSTEM "release.sgml"> +<!entity acronyms SYSTEM "acronyms.sgml"> <!entity features-supported SYSTEM "features-supported.sgml"> <!entity features-unsupported SYSTEM "features-unsupported.sgml"> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml index ecacb75bdff..35fb92d5739 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml,v 1.82 2007/08/21 21:08:47 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml,v 1.83 2007/11/01 17:00:18 momjian Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.2//EN" [ @@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ &cvs; &docguide; &external-projects; + &acronyms; </part> |