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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml index 1a5220e7c62..b8639b2641c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -<!-- $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> @@ -148,25 +149,13 @@ </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> @@ -177,7 +166,8 @@ <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> @@ -282,8 +272,8 @@ <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> @@ -292,8 +282,7 @@ <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> @@ -325,8 +314,7 @@ <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> @@ -347,7 +335,7 @@ <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> @@ -508,7 +496,7 @@ <listitem> <para> <link linkend="continuous-archiving">Point-In-Time - Recovery</link>, i.e. Continuous Archiving + Recovery</link> (Continuous Archiving) </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -586,7 +574,7 @@ <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> |