From 6eb9c5a5657d1fe77b55cc261450f3538d35a94d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 14:19:15 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 13.4. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml | 797 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 797 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml') diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..13bd819 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,797 @@ + + + + Acronyms + + + This is a list of acronyms commonly used in the PostgreSQL + documentation and in discussions about PostgreSQL. + + + + + 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 + + + + + + CTE + + + Common Table Expression + + + + + + CVE + + + Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures + + + + + + DBA + + + Database + Administrator + + + + + + DBI + + + Database Interface (Perl) + + + + + + DBMS + + + Database Management + System + + + + + + DDL + + + Data + Definition Language, SQL commands such as CREATE + TABLE, ALTER USER + + + + + + DML + + + Data + Manipulation Language, SQL commands such as 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 + + + + + + Git + + + Git + + + + + + GMT + + + Greenwich Mean Time + + + + + + GSSAPI + + + Generic + Security Services Application Programming Interface + + + + + + GUC + + + Grand Unified Configuration, + the PostgreSQL subsystem that handles server configuration + + + + + + HBA + + + Host-Based Authentication + + + + + + HOT + + + Heap-Only + Tuples + + + + + + IEC + + + International + Electrotechnical Commission + + + + + + IEEE + + + Institute of Electrical and + Electronics Engineers + + + + + + IPC + + + Inter-Process + Communication + + + + + + ISO + + + International Organization for + Standardization + + + + + + ISSN + + + International Standard + Serial Number + + + + + + JDBC + + + Java + Database Connectivity + + + + + + JIT + + + Just-in-Time + compilation + + + + + + JSON + + + JavaScript Object Notation + + + + + + LDAP + + + Lightweight + Directory Access Protocol + + + + + + LSN + + + Log Sequence Number, see pg_lsn + and WAL Internals. + + + + + + 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 (Continuous Archiving) + + + + + + PL + + + Procedural 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 + + + + + + SP-GiST + + + Space-Partitioned Generalized Search Tree + + + + + + SQL + + + Structured Query Language + + + + + + SRF + + + Set-Returning Function + + + + + + 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 + + + + + + TLS + + + + Transport Layer Security + + + + + + 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 + + + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3