append LIST ( word="accessmethod",
def="Index strategy, such as BTREE or RTREE." 

) \g append LIST ( word="attribute",
def="If a class is a table of objects (see class ) , an attribute would correspond to a column in that table.  The attribute name is the column heading."
 
) \g append LIST ( word="class",
def="A group having the same or similar characteristics. (1)  A table of objects composed of attributes."

) \g append LIST ( word="DBA",
def="Database administrator."

) \g append LIST ( word="datadictionary",
def="A textual description of each class, its associations, attributes, and operations."
) \g append LIST ( word="database",
def="Grouping of related database objects.
For example, the main database on Bigfoot is called  sequoia"

) \g append LIST ( word="databaseadministrator",
def="Creator of a database."

) \g append LIST ( word="fastpath",
def="interface that allows direct execution of functions stored in the database."

) \g append LIST ( word="function",
def="See PQ function"

) \g append LIST ( word="index",
def="Database object that provides fast access to data by keeping track of where data are stored, thus avoiding a scan of all instances in a class."

) \g append LIST ( word="inheritance",
def="Capability that allows a class to use the attributes from another class or classes."

) \g append LIST ( word="inheritancehierarchy",
def=""
) \g append LIST ( word="instance",
def="Occurrence of an object (data) ; a record in a class."

) \g append LIST ( word="??",
def="C interface to a  database."

) \g append LIST ( word="metadata",
def="...[D]ata that describes other data.  For example, the definition of a class is metadata. Models are inherently metadata, since they describe the things being modeled (rather than being the things) ."

) \g append LIST ( word="monitor",
def="Interactive interface to a  database."

) \g append LIST ( word="OID",
def="Name of the unique identifier for an instance. See object identifier"

) \g append LIST ( word="object",
def="Real-world thing or abstraction. A satellite, AVHRR data, and a model are all objects."

) \g append LIST ( word="objectidentifier",
def="Unique identifier, which never changes, for an instance."

) \g append LIST ( word="",
def="Database management system under development at UC Berkeley."

) \g append LIST ( word="PQ",
def="Query language for interacting with"

) \g append LIST ( word="PQ function",
def="Collection of PQ commands packaged together"

) \g append LIST ( word="postmaster",
def="Process that acts as a clearing house for  requests."

) \g append LIST ( word="process",
def="Action of reading, writing and/or manipulating data.  Something which reads, writes and/or manipulates data.  A program which is executing in memory."

) \g append LIST ( word="query",
def="Database command."

) \g append LIST ( word="rule",
def="Object that specifies an action to fire when a condition occurs."

) \g append LIST ( word="schema",
def="The overall logical organization of a database.  The structure or template of the data in a database."

) \g append LIST ( word="surrogate",
def="Alias for a class name in a PQ command. For example, the following uses u as a surrogate for  pg_user: retrieve (u.all)  from u in pg_user"

) \g append LIST ( word="systemcatalog",
def="Class that store metadata about database objects.  For example, the class is a system catalog that stores information about  users like /etc/passwd stores information about UNIX users."

) \g append LIST ( word="timetravel",
def="Capability that supports data versioning and historical queries."


) \g append LIST ( word="tuple",
def="A sequence of values, a vector.  A collection of entries making up the contents of an instance.  The contents of row in a table."

) \g append LIST ( word="type",
def="The data property of an attribute and operations that may be performed on it.  provides built-in types such as int4, float4, and text. User-defined types may be created with the PQ  define type command.") \g