Re: Abbreviation list - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Abbreviation list
Date
Msg-id 20071019193641.GQ16000@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Abbreviation list  (Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>)
Responses Re: Abbreviation list  (Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>)
Re: Abbreviation list  (Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>)
List pgsql-general
Steve Crawford wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com> writes:
> >>> My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations".
> >> It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual.
> >
> > I prefer the manual.  I would think the list would be pretty long and
> > deal with lots of internals terms.
>
> My vote too. Just noticed I missed (probably one of many):
> BLOB - Binary Large Object

Do we use that term?  Normally for us it's "large objects".

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