From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Abbreviation list
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:35:08 -0500
Message-ID: <471914FC.2000805@cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071019193641.GQ16000@alvh.no-ip.org>
References: <200710190402.l9J42Wp11623@momjian.us>
<4718F552.5080503@pinpointresearch.com>
<20071019193641.GQ16000@alvh.no-ip.org>
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On 10/19/07 14:36, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> 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".
Good news everyone! "Large objects" is generic enough that if PG is
ever ported to the IBM 1400 that you won't have to come up with a
new acronym: DLOB (Decimal Large OBject).
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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