Some corrections/improvements to new acronym list.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml
index 1a5220e7c625be0481b1e9059da93ddba8e32e86..b8639b2641c08a900b52aced8c30ffcb40e846ab 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-
+
 
 
  Acronyms
 
  
-  This is a list of acronyms used in the documentation.
+  This is a list of acronyms commonly used in the PostgreSQL
+  documentation and in discussions about PostgreSQL.
 
   
 
@@ -147,26 +148,14 @@
     
    
 
-   
-    DCL
-    
-     
-      
-      url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Control_Language">Data
-      Control Language, e.g. GRANT,
-      REVOKE
-     
-    
-   
-
    
     DDL
     
      
       
       url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Definition_Language">Data
-      Definition Language, e.g. CREATE TABLE,
-      ALTER USER
+      Definition Language, SQL commands such as CREATE
+      TABLE, ALTER USER
      
     
    
@@ -177,7 +166,8 @@
      
       
       url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Manipulation_Language">Data
-      Manipulation Language, e.g INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE.
+      Manipulation Language, SQL commands such as INSERT,
+      UPDATE, DELETE
      
     
    
@@ -282,8 +272,8 @@
     GUC
     
      
-      Global User Configuration,
-      e.g. postgresql.conf
+      Grand Unified Configuration,
+      the PostgreSQL subsystem that handles server configuration
      
     
    
@@ -292,8 +282,7 @@
     HBA
     
      
-      Host-Based Authentication,
-      e.g. pg_hba.conf
+      Host-Based Authentication
      
     
    
@@ -325,8 +314,7 @@
     
      
       Institute of Electrical and
-      Electronics Engineers, e.g. IEEE Standard for Binary
-      Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754)
+      Electronics Engineers
      
     
    
@@ -347,7 +335,7 @@
     
      
       International Standards
-      Organization, e.g. ISO/IEC 9075 (SQL99 standard)
+      Organization
      
     
    
@@ -508,7 +496,7 @@
     
      
       Point-In-Time
-      Recovery, i.e. Continuous Archiving
+      Recovery (Continuous Archiving)
      
     
    
@@ -586,7 +574,7 @@
     SRF
     
      
-      Set-Returning Functions
+      Set-Returning Function
      
     
    




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