Jeff Laing <jeff.laing@spatialnetworx.ai> writes:
> From: David G. Johnston david.g.johnston@gmail.com<mailto:david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
>> Postmaster is the name of the executable that is the server program.
> Perhaps on Unix, but I don’t think it is on Windows?
There hasn't been a "postmaster" executable on Unix either for a few
years now. But we still use that terminology for the server's topmost
process. See
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/connect-estab.html
regards, tom lane