Re: Terms.

Excerpts from Dmitriy Igrishin's message of lun sep 20 15:52:43 -0400 2010:
> Hey Bruce,
>
> Its interesting indeed, because I always wanted to know why libpq
> named "libpq". Thanks!
> But I wrote not about libpq functions, I just wanted to say about
> unnecessary (IMO) redundancy - the combinations of terms "backend server"
> seems to me inaccuracy.

could be, but we're already using that term elsewhere. Maybe we should
consistently use some other term.

$ git grep 'backend server'

doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml: backend server and to receive the results of these queries.
doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml: <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> backend server. An
doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml: server process</><tertiary>in libpq</></> of the backend server
doc/src/sgml/problems.sgml: Here <quote>program</quote> refers to any executable, not only the backend server.
doc/src/sgml/problems.sgml: are specifically talking about the backend server, mention that, do not
doc/src/sgml/problems.sgml: backend server process is quite different from crash of the parent
doc/src/sgml/query.sgml: backend server machine, not the client, since the backend server
doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml: backend server (<xref linkend="app-postgres">), or displaying the
src/backend/libpq/pqsignal.c: * the frontend commands as well as the backend server.
src/backend/main/main.c: printf(_(" -T send SIGSTOP to all backend servers if one dies\n"));
src/backend/po/de.po:msgid " -T send SIGSTOP to all backend servers if one dies\n"
src/backend/po/es.po:msgid " -T send SIGSTOP to all backend servers if one dies\n"
src/backend/po/fr.po:msgid " -T send SIGSTOP to all backend servers if one dies\n"
src/backend/po/ja.po:msgid " -T send SIGSTOP to all backend servers if one dies\n"
src/backend/po/pt_BR.po:msgid " -T send SIGSTOP to all backend servers if one dies\n"
src/backend/po/tr.po:msgid " -T send SIGSTOP to all backend servers if one dies\n"
src/bin/psql/settings.h: int sversion; /* backend server version */
src/test/examples/testlibpq4.c: pghost = NULL; /* host name of the backend server */
src/test/examples/testlibpq4.c: pgport = NULL; /* port of the backend server */
src/test/examples/testlibpq4.c: pgtty = NULL; /* debugging tty for the backend server */

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