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<listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://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="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority">Certificate Authority</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CIDR</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://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="https://www.cpan.org/">Comprehensive Perl Archive Network</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CRL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_revocation_list">Certificate + Revocation List</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CSV</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values">Comma + Separated Values</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CTE</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="queries-with">Common Table Expression</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>CVE</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://cve.mitre.org/">Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DBA</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_administrator">Database + Administrator</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DBI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://dbi.perl.org/">Database Interface (Perl)</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DBMS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dbms">Database Management + System</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DDL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Definition_Language">Data + Definition Language</ulink>, SQL commands such as <command>CREATE + TABLE</command>, <command>ALTER USER</command> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DML</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Manipulation_Language">Data + Manipulation Language</ulink>, SQL commands such as <command>INSERT</command>, + <command>UPDATE</command>, <command>DELETE</command> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>DST</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://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="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_SQL">Embedded + SQL</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>FAQ</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ">Frequently Asked + Questions</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>FSM</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="storage-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>Git</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)">Git</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>GMT</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT">Greenwich Mean Time</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>GSSAPI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://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">Grand Unified Configuration</link>, + the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> subsystem that handles server configuration + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>HBA</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf">Host-Based Authentication</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>HOT</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="storage-hot">Heap-Only Tuples</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>IEC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Electrotechnical_Commission">International + Electrotechnical Commission</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>IEEE</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://standards.ieee.org/">Institute of Electrical and + Electronics Engineers</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>IPC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-process_communication">Inter-Process + Communication</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ISO</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://www.iso.org/home.html">International Organization for + Standardization</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ISSN</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issn">International Standard + Serial Number</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>JDBC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Database_Connectivity">Java + Database Connectivity</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>JIT</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-in-time_compilation">Just-in-Time + compilation</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>JSON</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://www.json.org">JavaScript Object Notation</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>LDAP</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol">Lightweight + Directory Access Protocol</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>LSN</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Log Sequence Number, see <link linkend="datatype-pg-lsn"><type>pg_lsn</type></link> + and <link linkend="wal-internals">WAL Internals</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>MITM</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack"> + Man-in-the-middle attack</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>MSVC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://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="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization">National + Language Support</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ODBC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://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="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olap">Online Analytical + Processing</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>OLTP</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLTP">Online Transaction + Processing</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>ORDBMS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORDBMS">Object-Relational + Database Management System</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PAM</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://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</productname></link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PGXS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="extend-pgxs"><productname>PostgreSQL</productname> Extension System</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PID</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://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> (Continuous Archiving) + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>PL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="server-programming">Procedural Languages (server-side)</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>POSIX</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX">Portable Operating + System Interface</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>RDBMS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://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="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments">Request For + Comments</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SGML</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGML">Standard Generalized + Markup Language</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SNI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication"> + Server Name Indication</ulink>, + <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6066#section-3">RFC 6066</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>SP-GiST</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="spgist">Space-Partitioned Generalized Search Tree</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SQL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://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 Function</link> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SSH</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell">Secure + Shell</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SSL</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer">Secure Sockets Layer</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SSPI</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380493%28VS.85%29.aspx">Security + Support Provider Interface</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>SYSV</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_V">Unix System V</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>TCP/IP</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://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>TLS</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security"> + Transport Layer Security</ulink> + </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="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL">Uniform Resource + Locator</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>UTC</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time">Coordinated + Universal Time</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>UTF</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://www.unicode.org/">Unicode Transformation + Format</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>UTF8</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utf8">Eight-Bit Unicode + Transformation Format</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><acronym>UUID</acronym></term> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="datatype-uuid">Universally Unique Identifier</link> + </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="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML">Extensible Markup + Language</ulink> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + </para> + +</appendix> |