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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:20:02 -0700
From: Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>
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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

Cheers,
Steve