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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml,v 1.2 2007/11/01 17:16:36 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml,v 1.3 2007/11/01 20:27:33 tgl Exp $ -->
<appendix id="acronyms">
<title>Acronyms</title>
<para>
This is a list of acronyms used in the documentation.
This is a list of acronyms commonly used in the <productname>PostgreSQL</>
documentation and in discussions about <productname>PostgreSQL</>.
<variablelist>
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</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</>
Definition Language</ulink>, SQL commands such as <command>CREATE
TABLE</>, <command>ALTER USER</>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<para>
<ulink
url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Manipulation_Language">Data
Manipulation Language</ulink>, e.g INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE.
Manipulation Language</ulink>, SQL commands such as <command>INSERT</>,
<command>UPDATE</>, <command>DELETE</>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<term><acronym>GUC</acronym></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<link linkend="config-setting">Global User Configuration</link>,
e.g. <filename>postgresql.conf</>
<link linkend="config-setting">Grand Unified Configuration</link>,
the <productname>PostgreSQL</> subsystem that handles server configuration
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<term><acronym>HBA</acronym></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf">Host-Based Authentication</link>,
e.g. <filename>pg_hba.conf</>
<link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf">Host-Based Authentication</link>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<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)
Electronics Engineers</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<listitem>
<para>
<ulink url="http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm">International Standards
Organization</ulink>, e.g. ISO/IEC 9075 (SQL99 standard)
Organization</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<listitem>
<para>
<link linkend="continuous-archiving">Point-In-Time
Recovery</link>, i.e. Continuous Archiving
Recovery</link> (Continuous Archiving)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<term><acronym>SRF</acronym></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<link linkend="xfunc-c-return-set">Set-Returning Functions</link>
<link linkend="xfunc-c-return-set">Set-Returning Function</link>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>