| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jan Wieck <wieck(at)debis(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] T-O-A-S-T meaning |
| Date: | 1999-12-21 02:09:10 |
| Message-ID: | 199912210210.VAA09407@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Sorry, can't resist :-)
>
> Any time I see such a name for a piece of software, I'm
> trying to figure out what the single characters could stand
> for. Thus I'm looking for a good interpretation of TOAST. So
> far I have
>
> Tuple
> Outgrown
> Attribute
> Storage
> Technique
Tuple Overflow Attribute Storage Technique
I thought "slicer" would be more natural.
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