diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml
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--- a/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml -->
 
  <chapter id="tutorial-advanced">
-  <title>Advanced Features</title>
+  <title>Advanced SQL Features</title>
 
   <sect1 id="tutorial-advanced-intro">
    <title>Introduction</title>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/architecture.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/architecture.sgml
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+<!-- doc/src/sgml/architecture.sgml -->
+
+ <chapter id="tutorial-architecture">
+  <title>The Architecture</title>
+
+  <para>
+   Every DBMS implements basic strategies to achieve a fast and
+   robust system. This chapter provides an overview of what
+   techniques <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses to
+   reach this aim.
+  </para>
+
+  <sect1 id="tutorial-ram-proc-file">
+   <title>Collabortion of Processes, RAM, and Files</title>
+   <para>
+    As is a matter of course, in a client/server architecture
+    clients do not have direct access to the database. Instead,
+    at the server side there is a group of processes, which
+    receive all requests comming from client applications,
+    handle them, and send resulting information back to
+    the clients.
+    These server-side processes work in close cooperation to
+    each other. Together with their common
+    <xref linkend="glossary-shared-memory"/> they are called an
+    <link linkend="glossary-instance">Instance</link>.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    The instance is initiated by the
+    <xref linkend="glossary-postmaster"/> process.
+    He loads the configuration files, allocates the
+    <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm>
+    and starts the comprehensive network of processes:
+    <xref linkend="glossary-background-writer"/>,
+    <xref linkend="glossary-checkpointer"/>,
+    <xref linkend="glossary-wal-writer"/>,
+    <xref linkend="glossary-archiver"/>,
+    <xref linkend="glossary-auto-vacuum"/>,
+    <xref linkend="glossary-stats-collector"/>,
+    <xref linkend="glossary-log-writer"/>, and more.
+    <xref linkend="tutorial-architecture-figure"/> visualizes
+    main aspects of their collaboration.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Whenever a client application tries to connect to a
+    <xref linkend="glossary-database"/>, this request is handled
+    in a first step by the <firstterm>Postmaster
+    process</firstterm>. He checks the authorization, starts a
+    new <xref linkend="glossary-backend-process"/>,
+    and instructs the client application to connect to this
+    new <firstterm>Backend process</firstterm>. All further
+    client requests go to this process and are handled
+    by him. Thus - after the initial phase - each client
+    application communicates with exactly
+    one <firstterm>Backend process</firstterm>.
+   </para>
+
+   <figure id="tutorial-architecture-figure">
+    <title>Architecture</title>
+    <mediaobject>
+     <imageobject role="html">
+      <!-- attribute 'width=..px' is necessary to keep font-size of SVG text
+           in correlation with font-size of surrounding HTML  -->
+      <imagedata fileref="images/ram-proc-file-raw.svg" format="SVG" width="900px" />
+     </imageobject>
+     <imageobject role="fo">
+      <!-- For PDF attribute 'width=100%' is necessary to keep complete SVG visible
+           on the page, which has a fixed width. Font sizes will be adopted.  -->
+      <imagedata fileref="images/ram-proc-file-raw.svg" format="SVG" width="100%" />
+     </imageobject>
+    </mediaobject>
+   </figure>
+
+   <para>
+    Client requests (SELECT, UPDATE, ...) usually leads to the
+    necessity to read or write some data. In an first attempt
+    the client's <firstterm>Backend process</firstterm> tries
+    to get the information out of <firstterm>Shared
+    Memory</firstterm>. This <firstterm>Shared
+    Memory</firstterm> is a mirror of parts of the
+    <xref linkend="glossary-heap"/> and
+    <xref linkend="glossary-index"/> files. Because files are
+    much huger than memory, it is easily possible that
+    the desired information is not (completely) available
+    in the RAM. In this case the <firstterm>Backend process
+    </firstterm> must transfer additional file pages to
+    <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm>. Files are physically
+    organized in pages. Every transfer between files and
+    RAM is performed in units of complete pages while retaining
+    their size and layout.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Reading file pages is notedly slower than reading
+    RAM. This is the main motivation for the existence of
+    <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm>. As soon as one
+    of the <firstterm>Backend processes</firstterm> has done
+    the job, this pages are available for all other
+    <firstterm>Backend processes</firstterm> for direct
+    access in RAM.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm> is limited in size.
+    Sooner or later it is necessary to overwrite old RAM
+    pages. As long as the content of such pages hasn't
+    changed, this is not a problem. But in
+    <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm> also write
+    actions take place
+    - performed by any of the <firstterm>Backend
+    processes</firstterm> (or the
+    <xref linkend="glossary-auto-vacuum"/> or other
+    processes).
+    Such modified pages are called
+    <firstterm>dirty pages</firstterm>.
+    Before <firstterm>dirty pages</firstterm> can be overwritten,
+    they must be saved to disk. This is a two-step process.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    First, whenever the content of a page changes, a
+    <xref linkend="glossary-wal-record"/> is created out
+    of the delta-information (difference between old and
+    new content) and stored in another area of the
+    <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm>. These
+    <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm> are read by the
+    <xref linkend="glossary-wal-writer"/> process,
+    who runs in parallel to the <firstterm>Backend
+    processes</firstterm> and all other processes of
+    the <firstterm>instance</firstterm>. He writes
+    the continuously arising <firstterm>WAL
+    records</firstterm> to
+    the end of the current <firstterm>WAL
+    file</firstterm>. Because of the sequential
+    nature of this writing, it is much faster than
+    the more or less random access
+    to data files with <firstterm>heap</firstterm>
+    and <firstterm>index</firstterm> information.
+    As mentioned, this WAL-writing happens
+    in an independent process. Nevertheless all
+    <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm> created out of one
+    <firstterm>dirty page</firstterm> must be transfered
+    to disk before the <firstterm>dirty page</firstterm>
+    itself can be transfered to disk (???).
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Second, the transfer of <firstterm>dirty pages</firstterm>
+    from <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm> to files must
+    take place. This is the primarily duty of the
+    <firstterm>Background Writer</firstterm> process. Because
+    huge I/O activities can block other processes significantly,
+    he starts periodically and acts only for a short period.
+    Doing so, his expensive I/O activities are spread over
+    time avoiding huge I/O peaks. Also the <firstterm>
+    Checkpointer</firstterm> process transfers
+    <firstterm>dirty pages</firstterm> to files, see next
+    paragraph.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    The <firstterm>Checkpointer</firstterm> has a special
+    duty. As its name suggests, he has to create
+    <firstterm>Checkpoints</firstterm>. Such a
+    <xref linkend="glossary-checkpoint"/> is a point in time
+    when all older <firstterm>dirty pages</firstterm>,
+    all older <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm>, and
+    lastly a special <firstterm>Checkpoint record
+    </firstterm> have been written and flushed to disk.
+    In consequence, after a <firstterm>Checkpoint</firstterm>
+    data files and <firstterm>WAL files</firstterm> are in sync.
+    In case of a recovery (after a crash of the instance)
+    it is known, that the information of all
+    <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm> preceding
+    the last <firstterm>Checkpoint record</firstterm>
+    is already integrated into the data files. This
+    speeds up a possibly occurring recovery.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    In correlation with data changes,
+    <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm> arise and are writen
+    to <firstterm>WAL files</firstterm>.
+    Those <firstterm>WAL files</firstterm> - in combination with
+    a previously taken <firstterm>Base Backup</firstterm> -
+    are necessary to restore a database after a crash of the
+    disk, where data files have been stored. Therefore it is
+    recommended to transfer a copy of the <firstterm>
+    WAL files</firstterm>
+    to a second, independent place. The purpose of the
+    <xref linkend="glossary-archiver"/> process is to perform
+    this copy action.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    The <xref linkend="glossary-stats-collector"/> collects
+    counter about accesses to <firstterm>SQL
+    objects</firstterm> like tables, rows, indexes, pages,
+    and others. He stores the obtained information in system
+    tables.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    The <xref linkend="glossary-log-writer"/> writes
+    readable text lines about serious and non-serious events,
+    which can happen during database access, e.g.: wrong password,
+    no permission, long-running query, ... .
+   </para>
+
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="tutorial-cluster-db-schema">
+   <title>Cluster, Database, Schema</title>
+
+   <para>
+    <xref linkend="glossary-sql-object"/>
+    implicitly have a certain, strict hierarchy.
+    On a <xref linkend="glossary-server"/>
+    exists one or more <firstterm>clusters</firstterm>,
+    a <firstterm>cluster</firstterm> contains three or more
+    <firstterm>databases</firstterm>, a <firstterm>
+    database</firstterm> contains many <firstterm>schemas</firstterm>,
+    a <firstterm>schema</firstterm> contains <firstterm>tables,
+    views</firstterm>, and a lot of other objects.
+    Each <firstterm>table</firstterm> or <firstterm>view</firstterm>
+    belongs to a certain <firstterm>schema</firstterm>, it cannot
+    belong to another <firstterm>schema</firstterm>. The same is
+    true for the schema/database and database/cluster relation.
+    <xref linkend="tutorial-cluster-db-schema-figure"/> visualizes
+    this hierarchy.
+
+   </para>
+
+   <figure id="tutorial-cluster-db-schema-figure">
+    <title>Cluster, Database, Schema</title>
+    <mediaobject>
+     <imageobject role="html">
+      <!-- attribute 'width=..px' is necessary to keep font-size of SVG text
+           in correlation with font-size of surrounding HTML  -->
+      <imagedata fileref="images/cluster-db-schema-raw.svg" format="SVG" width="900px" />
+     </imageobject>
+     <imageobject role="fo">
+      <!-- For PDF attribute 'width=100%' is necessary to keep complete SVG visible
+           on the page, which has a fixed width. Font sizes will be adopted.  -->
+      <imagedata fileref="images/cluster-db-schema-raw.svg" format="SVG" width="100%" />
+     </imageobject>
+    </mediaobject>
+   </figure>
+
+   <para>
+    A <xref linkend="glossary-cluster"/> is the outer frame for a
+    collection of databases. Clusters are created by the command
+    <xref linkend="app-initdb"/>.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    <literal>template0</literal> is the very first
+    <xref linkend="glossary-database"/> of a any <firstterm>
+    cluster</firstterm>. <literal>template0</literal>
+    is created by C-routines during the initialization phase
+    of the <firstterm>cluster</firstterm>.
+    In a second step <literal>template1</literal> is generated
+    as a copy of <literal>template0</literal> and finally
+    <literal>postgres</literal> as a copy of
+    <literal>template1</literal>. All other
+    <link linkend="app-createdb">new databases</link>
+    of this <firstterm>cluster</firstterm>,
+    such as <literal>my_db</literal>, are also copied from
+    <literal>template1</literal>. Due to the special
+    role of <literal>template0</literal> as the origin
+    of all other <firstterm>databases</firstterm>, no client
+    can connect to it.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Every database contains <link linkend="glossary-schema">
+    schemas</link>, and
+    <firstterm>schemas</firstterm> contain the other
+    <xref linkend="glossary-sql-object"/>s. <firstterm>
+    Schemas</firstterm> are namespaces for
+    their <firstterm>SQL objects</firstterm> and ensure that
+    within their scope names are used only once across all types
+    of <firstterm>SQL objects</firstterm>. E.g.: it is not possible
+    to have a table <literal>employee</literal> and a view
+    <literal>employee</literal> within the same
+    <firstterm>schema</firstterm>. But it is possible to have
+    two tables <literal>employee</literal> in different
+    <firstterm>schemas</firstterm>. In this case the two tables
+    are different objects and absolutely independent from each
+    other.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Some <firstterm>schemas</firstterm> are predefined.
+    <literal>public</literal> acts as the default
+    <firstterm>schema</firstterm> and contains all such
+    <firstterm>SQL objects</firstterm>, which are created
+    within <literal>public</literal> or without using any schema
+    name. <literal>public</literal> shall not contain user defined
+    <firstterm>SQL objects</firstterm>. It is recommended to
+    create a separate <firstterm>schema</firstterm> which
+    holds individual objects like application-specific tables or
+    views. <literal>pg_catalog</literal> is a schema for all tables
+    and views of the <xref linkend="glossary-system-catalog"/>.
+    <literal>information_schema</literal> is a schema for several
+    tables and views of the <firstterm>System Catalog</firstterm>
+    in a way, which conforms to the SQL standard.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    There are a lot of different <firstterm>SQL object</firstterm>
+    types: <firstterm>database, schema, table, view, materialized
+    view, index, constraint, sequence, function, procedure,
+    trigger, role, data type, operator, tablespace, extension,
+    foreign data wrapper</firstterm>, and more. With the
+    exception of <firstterm>database, tablespace</firstterm>,
+    and <firstterm>role</firstterm> (see next paragraph) all
+    instantiations of such
+    types belong to exactly one <firstterm>schema</firstterm>.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Despite the initially noted hierarchical relation amongst
+    <firstterm>SQL objects</firstterm>, there is a small
+    number of exceptions concerning
+    <xref linkend="glossary-global-sql-object"/>s.
+    All database names, all tablespace names, and all role names
+    are automatically known and available throughout the
+    complete <firstterm>cluster</firstterm>, independent from
+    the database or schema in which they where originally
+    defined.
+   </para>
+
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="tutorial-directories">
+   <title>Directory Structure</title>
+
+   <para>
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> organizes long lasting
+    data as well as temporary state information about transactions
+    or replication actions in the file system. Every
+    <xref linkend="glossary-cluster"/> has its own root directory
+    anywhere in the file system. In many cases, the environment
+    variable <literal>PGDATA</literal> points to this directory.
+    The example of the following survey, which is shown in
+    <xref linkend="tutorial-directories-figure"/>, uses
+    <literal>data</literal> as the name of this root directory.
+   </para>
+
+   <figure id="tutorial-directories-figure">
+    <title>Directory Structure</title>
+    <mediaobject>
+     <imageobject role="html">
+      <!-- attribute 'width=..px' is necessary to keep font-size of SVG text
+           in correlation with font-size of surrounding HTML  -->
+      <imagedata fileref="images/directories-raw.svg" format="SVG" width="900px" />
+     </imageobject>
+     <imageobject role="fo">
+      <!-- For PDF attribute 'width=100%' is necessary to keep complete SVG visible
+           on the page, which has a fixed width. Font sizes will be adopted.  -->
+      <imagedata fileref="images/directories-raw.svg" format="SVG" width="100%" />
+     </imageobject>
+    </mediaobject>
+   </figure>
+
+   <para>
+    <literal>data</literal> contains many subdirectories and
+    some files, all of which are necessary to store long lasting
+    as well as temporary data. The following paragraphs
+    describe the files and subdirectories in
+    <literal>data</literal>.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    <literal>base</literal> is a subdirectory in which one
+    subdirectory per <firstterm>database</firstterm> exists.
+    The names of those sudirectories consists of numbers.
+    These are the internal
+    <firstterm>Object Identifiers (OID)</firstterm>, which are
+    numbers to identify the database definition in the internal
+    <xref linkend="glossary-system-catalog"/>.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Within the <firstterm>database</firstterm>-specific
+    subdirectories there are many files. Primarily they contain
+    the <firstterm>heap</firstterm> and <firstterm>
+    index</firstterm>. But there are also optimization information
+    like <link linkend="storage-fsm">Free Space Maps</link> or
+    <link linkend="storage-vm">Visibility Maps</link>.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Another important subdirectory is <literal>global</literal>.
+    In analogy to the <firstterm>database</firstterm>-specific
+    subdirectories, there are files containing information about
+    <xref linkend="glossary-global-sql-object"/>s. One type
+    of such <firstterm>Global Objects</firstterm> are
+    <firstterm>tablespaces</firstterm>. In
+    <literal>global</literal> there are information about
+    the <firstterm>tablespaces</firstterm>, not the
+    <firstterm>tablespaces</firstterm> itself.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    The subdirectory <literal>pg_wal</literal> contains the
+    <link linkend="glossary-wal-file">WAL files</link>.
+    They arise and grow parallel to data changes in the
+    <firstterm>cluster</firstterm> and remain alive as long as
+    they are required for recovery, archiving, or replication.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    The subdirectory <literal>pg_xact</literal> contains
+    information about the status of each transaction
+    (IN_PROGRESS, COMMITTED, ABORTED, or SUB_COMMITTED).
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    In <literal>pg_tblspc</literal> there are symbolic links
+    that point to directories containing such<firstterm>
+    SQL objects</firstterm> that are created within
+    <firstterm>tablespaces</firstterm>.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    In the directory <literal>data</literal>
+    there are also some files.
+    In many cases, the configuration
+    files of this <firstterm>cluster</firstterm>
+    are stored here. As long as the <firstterm>
+    cluster</firstterm> is up and running, the file
+    <literal>postmaster.pid</literal> exists here
+    and contains the ID of the
+    <firstterm>Postmaster</firstterm> process.
+   </para>
+
+  </sect1>
+
+ </chapter>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml
index 3da2365ea9..022c2efda3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/filelist.sgml
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 <!ENTITY problems   SYSTEM "problems.sgml">
 
 <!-- tutorial -->
-<!ENTITY advanced   SYSTEM "advanced.sgml">
-<!ENTITY query      SYSTEM "query.sgml">
-<!ENTITY start      SYSTEM "start.sgml">
+<!ENTITY start         SYSTEM "start.sgml">
+<!ENTITY architecture  SYSTEM "architecture.sgml">
+<!ENTITY query         SYSTEM "query.sgml">
+<!ENTITY advanced      SYSTEM "advanced.sgml">
 
 <!-- user's guide -->
 <!ENTITY array      SYSTEM "array.sgml">
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@
 <!ENTITY release-13     SYSTEM "release-13.sgml">
 
 <!ENTITY limits     SYSTEM "limits.sgml">
+<!ENTITY glossary   SYSTEM "glossary.sgml">
 <!ENTITY acronyms   SYSTEM "acronyms.sgml">
 
 <!ENTITY features-supported   SYSTEM "features-supported.sgml">
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..772d3fcabc
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,492 @@
+<!-- doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml -->
+
+<appendix id="glossary">
+ <title>Glossary</title>
+
+ <para>
+  The glossary contains a collection of
+  <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> related terms.
+  In order to keep such terms together, which are related
+  to each other or can be easily confused, they are not
+  ordered alphabetically.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+  In some cases terms are extended by an alternative wording
+  in parenthesize, e.g.: '(or: Database Server)'. Such deviant
+  formulations are sometimes used at various points in the
+  documentation, but will be replaced by the preferred term
+  in a future release.
+ </para>
+
+ <glosslist>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-server">
+   <glossterm>Server (or: Host)</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     The term <firstterm>server</firstterm> denotes real hardware,
+     a container, or a Virtual Machine.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-instance">
+   <glossterm>Instance (or: Database Server, or: Backend Server)</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     An <link linkend="app-postgres">instance</link> is a group
+     of processes plus their common
+     <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm> running on a single
+     <firstterm>server</firstterm>. The instance handles all key
+     features of a DBMS: read and write access to files and
+     <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm>, assurance of the
+     <firstterm>ACID paradigm</firstterm>, <firstterm>MVCC</firstterm>,
+     <firstterm>connections</firstterm> to client programms,
+     <firstterm>backup</firstterm>, <firstterm>recovery</firstterm>,
+     <firstterm>replication</firstterm>, <firstterm>privileges</firstterm>, … .
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     An instance manages exactly one <firstterm>cluster</firstterm>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     Many <firstterm>instances</firstterm> can run on the same
+     <firstterm>server</firstterm> – as
+     long as they use different IP ports and manage different
+     <firstterm>clusters</firstterm>. Different
+     <firstterm>instances</firstterm> on a
+     <firstterm>server</firstterm> may use the same or different
+     versions of PostgreSQL.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-cluster">
+   <glossterm>Cluster (or: Database Cluster)</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A <link linkend="app-initdb">cluster</link> is a
+     group of 3 or more databases (<literal>template0</literal>,
+     <literal>template1</literal>, <literal>postgres</literal>,
+     ...) plus their <link linkend="glossary-global-sql-object">
+     global SQL objects</link> (database names, tablespace names,
+     role names). The cluster is managed by exactly one
+     <firstterm>instance</firstterm>.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-database">
+   <glossterm>Database</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A <link linkend="manage-ag-overview">database</link> is
+     a named collection of <firstterm>SQL objects</firstterm>.
+     The database is stored in files of a single directory plus
+     – optionally - in additional tablespaces.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-schema">
+   <glossterm>Schema</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A <link linkend="ddl-schemas">schema</link> is a
+     namespace for <firstterm>SQL objects</firstterm>, which
+     reside in the same <firstterm>database</firstterm>. The
+     names of such objects are unique - even across different
+     types of objects. Same object names can only
+     be used in different schemas.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     There are some predefined schemas:
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     Schema <literal>public</literal>: A schema for objects, which
+     were created within this schema or outside of any schema.
+     It is recommended that users do not store their new
+     objects in <literal>public</literal>. Instead, they shall
+     create their own schema, e.g. <literal>my_schema</literal> and
+     store everything over there.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     Schema <literal>pg_catalog</literal>: A schema for all tables and
+     views of the <literal>System Catalog</literal>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     Schema <literal>information_schema</literal>: A schema for several
+     tables and views of the <literal>System Catalog</literal> in a way,
+     which conforms to the SQL standard.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-system-catalog">
+   <glossterm>System Catalog</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     The <link linkend="ddl-schemas-catalog">
+     System Catalog</link> is a collection of tables and views,
+     whose content describes the structure of all
+     <firstterm>SQL objects</firstterm> of this <firstterm>database</firstterm>
+     (a few of them describes <firstterm>global SQL objects</firstterm>).
+     The System Catalog is created in the schema <literal>pg_catalog</literal>.
+     Main parts are repeated as views in the schema
+     <literal>information_schema</literal>.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-catalog">
+   <glossterm>Catalog</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     The SQL standard uses the standalone term
+     <link linkend=" manage-ag-overview">Catalog</link>
+     for what is called a <firstterm>database</firstterm> in
+     PostgreSQL's terminology.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-sql-object">
+   <glossterm>SQL Object</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     An <link linkend="manage-ag-overview">SQL object</link>
+     is a <firstterm>database, schema, table, view, materialized
+     view, index, constraint, sequence, function, procedure,
+     trigger, role, data type, operator, tablespace, extension,
+     foreign data wrapper</firstterm>, … . With the exception of
+     <link linkend="glossary-global-sql-object">
+     Global SQL objects</link>, every SQL object belongs
+     to exactly one <firstterm>schema</firstterm>. Within the
+     <firstterm>schema</firstterm> their names are unique.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-global-sql-object">
+   <glossterm>Global SQL Object</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     <firstterm>SQL objects</firstterm> of type
+     <firstterm>database</firstterm>,
+     <firstterm>role</firstterm> (= user or group),
+     and <firstterm>tablespace</firstterm>
+     are automatically known cluster-wide.
+     Therefore they are called Global SQL objects.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-shared-memory">
+   <glossterm>Shared Memory</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     <link linkend="runtime-config-resource-memory">
+     Shared Memory</link> is RAM which is used by the processes
+     of an <firstterm>instance</firstterm> in common. It
+     mirrors parts of database files, provides an area for
+     <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm>, and stores some more
+     common information. Please notice, that Shared Memory
+     belongs to the complete <firstterm>instance</firstterm>,
+     not to a single <firstterm>database</firstterm>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     Shared Memory is organized in <firstterm>pages</firstterm>.
+     If such a page gets modified, she is called a
+     <firstterm>dirty page</firstterm> until she is written
+     back to the file system.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-postmaster">
+   <glossterm>Postmaster</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     <link linkend="server-start">Postmaster</link> is the
+     name for the very first process of an
+     <firstterm>instance</firstterm>. He starts
+     the other processes and creates <firstterm>
+     backend processes</firstterm> on demand.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-backend-process">
+   <glossterm>Backend Process</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     <link linkend="guc-max-connections">
+     Backend processes</link> are such processes of an
+     <firstterm>instance</firstterm>, which act
+     on behalf of client <firstterm>connections</firstterm>
+     and process their requests.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     (Don't confuse the term with the similar terms
+     <firstterm>Background Writer</firstterm> or
+     <firstterm>Background Worker</firstterm>).
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-connection">
+   <glossterm>Connection</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A connection is a <firstterm>TCP/IP</firstterm> or
+     <firstterm>socket</firstterm> line for inter-process
+     communication. If the two involved processes reside on
+     different servers, TCP/IP must be used. Otherwise both
+     techniques are possible.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-background-writer">
+   <glossterm>Background Writer</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     The <link linkend="runtime-config-resource-background-writer">
+     Background Writer</link> process writes continuously dirty
+     pages from <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm> to the
+     file system. He starts periodically. But he works only for a
+     short period in order to distribute his expensive I/O activity
+     over time instead of generating few and huge I/O peaks, which
+     could block other processes.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-background-worker">
+   <glossterm>Background Worker</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     <link linkend="bgworker">Background Workers</link> are
+     individual processes within an
+     <firstterm>instance</firstterm>, which run system- or
+     user-supplied code. A typically use case are processes
+     which handle parts of an SQL query to take advantage of parallel
+     execution on <firstterm>servers</firstterm> with multiple CPUs.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-wal-writer">
+   <glossterm>WAL Writer</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     The <link linkend="runtime-config-wal">WAL writer</link>
+     process writes <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm>
+     from the <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm> to
+     <firstterm>WAL files</firstterm>.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-wal-record">
+   <glossterm>WAL Record (or: Log Record)</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A <link linkend="wal-internals">WAL record</link>
+     contains either new or changed heap or index
+     data or COMMIT, ROLLBACK, SAVEPOINT, or CHECKPOINT
+     information in binary format.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-wal-file">
+   <glossterm>WAL File (or: WAL Segment, or WAL Segment File or: WAL Log)</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm> are continously
+     written to the end of the current
+     <link linkend="wal-internals">WAL file</link>. Please notice,
+     that WAL files as well as <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm>
+     belong to the complete <firstterm>cluster</firstterm>,
+     not to a single <firstterm>database</firstterm>.
+     After a WAL file is full
+     (default: 16 MB), a new WAL file is created or
+     - under certain conditions - one of the previous WAL
+     files is renamed and reused.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     The sequence of <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm>
+     in combination with the sequence of WAL files
+     represents the sequence of changes that have
+     taken place in the <firstterm>cluster</firstterm>
+     over time (???).
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-segment">
+   <glossterm>File Segment (or: Segment)</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+      If a database file grows in size, he may be split into
+      multiple physical files. Those files are called
+      <link linkend="storage-file-layout">file segments</link>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     (Don't confuse the term with the similar term
+     <firstterm>WAL segment</firstterm>).
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-archiver">
+   <glossterm>Archiver</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     The <link linkend="backup-archiving-wal">archiver</link>
+     process copies <firstterm>WAL files</firstterm> to a
+     different place in the file system.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-checkpointer">
+   <glossterm>Checkpointer</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     When reaching certain time- or volume-depending criterias
+     or when an SQL CHECKPOINT command is issued, the
+     <link linkend="runtime-config-wal">checkpointer</link>
+     process creates a <link linkend="sql-checkpoint">
+     Checkpoint</link>. He writes <firstterm>dirty
+     pages</firstterm> and <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm>
+     to the file system, and generates a special
+     <firstterm>Checkpoint record</firstterm>.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-checkpoint">
+   <glossterm>Checkpoint</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A <link linkend="sql-checkpoint">
+     Checkpoint</link>
+     is a point in time when all older dirty
+     pages of the <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm>,
+     all older <firstterm>WAL records</firstterm>, and a
+     special <firstterm>Checkpoint record</firstterm>
+     have been written and flushed to disk.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-savepoint">
+   <glossterm>Savepoint</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A <link linkend="sql-savepoint">savepoint</link>
+     is a special mark (like a timestamp) inside
+     a transaction. Data modifications after this point in time
+     may be rolled back to the time of the savepoint.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-data-directory">
+   <glossterm>Data Directory (or: Data Area)</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A <link linkend="creating-cluster">data directory</link>
+     is the root directory of a
+     <firstterm>cluster</firstterm> (see also:
+     <link linkend="app-postgres">PGDATA</link>).
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <!-- no helpfull reference found  -->
+  <glossentry id="glossary-heap">
+   <glossterm>Heap</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     A heap contains the original values of row attributes,
+     i.e. the data. The heap is realized within database files
+     and mirrored in <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm>.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <!-- no helpfull reference found  -->
+  <glossentry id="glossary-index">
+   <glossterm>Index</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     An index consists of keys, which are copies of original
+     row attributes, and pointers to the location of this original
+     rows. Such key/value pairs are organized as a tree or a hash (???).
+     The index is realized within database files and mirrored in
+     <firstterm>Shared Memory</firstterm>.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-log-writer">
+   <glossterm>Log Writer</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     If activated and parameterized, the
+     <link linkend="runtime-config-logging">Log Writer</link>
+     process writes information about database events into the
+     current <firstterm>Log file</firstterm>. When reaching
+     certain time- or volume-dependent criterias, he creates
+     a new <firstterm>Log file</firstterm>.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-log-file">
+   <glossterm>Log File</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     <link linkend="logfile-maintenance">LOG files</link>
+     contain readable text lines about serious
+     and non-serious events, e.g.: use of
+     wrong password, long-running queries, ... .
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-auto-vacuum">
+   <glossterm>AutoVacuum</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     The <link linkend="routine-vacuuming">AutoVacuum</link>
+     processes remove outdated
+     MVCC records of the <firstterm>heap</firstterm>
+     and <firstterm>index</firstterm>.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+  <glossentry id="glossary-stats-collector">
+   <glossterm>Stats Collector</glossterm>
+   <glossdef>
+    <para>
+     The <link linkend="monitoring-stats">
+     Stats Collector</link> process collects
+     statistical information about the
+     <firstterm>cluster</firstterm> activities.
+    </para>
+   </glossdef>
+  </glossentry>
+
+<!-- ToDo:
+      WAL (LSN, logical decoding, ... )
+      MVCC
+      backup and recovery
+      replication
+-->
+
+ </glosslist>
+</appendix>
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+      2)
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+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="55">
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+    </text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="70">
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+    </text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="10" y="90">
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+    </text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="90">
+      Global SQL objects: information about databases, tablespaces,
+    </text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="105">
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+    </text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="10" y="125">
+      4)
+    </text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="125">
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+    </text>
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+    <text class="text_small" x="10" y="225">
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+      <text
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+      <text
+         class="text_small"
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+         y="145"
+         id="text31">tables, views, ...</text>
+      <rect
+         x="15"
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+         class="text_small"
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+    <symbol
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+       stroke="black"
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+  <text
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+    <text
+       class="text_normal"
+       x="180"
+       y="25"
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+  </g>
+  <g
+     transform="translate(45 110)"
+     id="g65">
+    <path
+       d="M 5,0 v -30 h 790 v 555 h -30"
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+       fill="none"
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+    <text
+       class="text_normal"
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+       y="-10"
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+  </g>
+  <!--  database template 0  -->
+  <g
+     transform="translate(40 155)"
+     id="g71">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#rectangles_special_0"
+       id="use67" />
+    <text
+       class="text_normal"
+       x="10"
+       y="25"
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+  </g>
+  <!--  database template 1  -->
+  <g
+     transform="translate(290 155)"
+     id="g77">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#rectangles_special_0"
+       id="use73" />
+    <text
+       class="text_normal"
+       x="10"
+       y="25"
+       id="text75">database 'template1'</text>
+  </g>
+  <!--  database postgres  -->
+  <g
+     transform="translate(540 155)"
+     id="g83">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#rectangles_special_1"
+       id="use79" />
+    <text
+       class="text_normal"
+       x="10"
+       y="25"
+       id="text81">database 'postgres'</text>
+  </g>
+  <!--  database my_db  -->
+  <g
+     transform="translate(40 350)"
+     id="g89">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#rectangles_special_1"
+       id="use85" />
+    <text
+       class="text_normal"
+       x="10"
+       y="25"
+       id="text87">database 'my_db' (optional)</text>
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+  <!--  global objects  -->
+  <g
+     transform="translate(320 330)"
+     id="g105">
+    <rect
+       x="0"
+       y="0"
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+       height="45"
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+       id="rect91" />
+    <text
+       class="text_normal"
+       x="10"
+       y="20"
+       id="text93">Global SQL objects:</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="10"
+       y="35"
+       id="text95">databases,tablespaces, roles</text>
+    <path
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+    <path
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+       stroke="black"
+       fill="none"
+       marker-end="url(#arrowhead_end)"
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+  <!--  Some comments  -->
+  <g
+     transform="translate(335 405)"
+     id="g147">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#note"
+       x="0"
+       y="0"
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+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="10"
+       y="20"
+       id="text109">1)</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="20"
+       id="text111">By default, you work in the cluster 'data', database 'postgres',</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="35"
+       id="text113">schema 'public'.</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
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+       y="55"
+       id="text115">2)</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
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+       y="55"
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+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="70"
+       id="text119">pg_temp, pg_toast.</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="10"
+       y="90"
+       id="text121">3)</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="90"
+       id="text123">Global SQL objects: information about databases, tablespaces,</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="105"
+       id="text125">and roles are automatically known cluster-wide.</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="10"
+       y="125"
+       id="text127">4)</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="125"
+       id="text129">The command 'initdb' creates a new cluster with the three</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="140"
+       id="text131">databases 'template0', 'template1', and 'postgres'. The command</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="155"
+       id="text133">'createdb' creates a new database.</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="10"
+       y="175"
+       id="text135">5)</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="175"
+       id="text137">If multiple clusters are active on one server at the same time,</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="190"
+       id="text139">each one is managed by an individual instance. Each such instance</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
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+       y="205"
+       id="text141">uses a different port.</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="10"
+       y="225"
+       id="text143">6)</text>
+    <text
+       class="text_small"
+       x="30"
+       y="225"
+       id="text145">No client application is allowed to connect to 'template0'.</text>
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+
+      <!--  the database  -->
+      <rect width="225" height="155" rx="10" stroke="blue" fill="none"/>
+
+      <!--  schemas  -->
+      <rect x="15" y="40" width="195" height="50" rx="10" stroke="blue" fill="none" stroke-dasharray="4 2" />
+      <text class="text_normal" x="20" y="60">schema 'public'</text>
+      <text class="text_small"  x="20" y="80">tables, views, ...</text>
+
+      <rect x="15" y="105" width="195" height="30" rx="10" stroke="blue" fill="none" stroke-dasharray="4 2" />
+      <text class="text_small"  x="20" y="125">(some more system schemas)</text>
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+    <!--  same as before, but one more schema  -->
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+      <rect width="245" height="225" rx="10" stroke="blue" fill="none"/>
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+      <!--  schemas  -->
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+      <text class="text_small"  x="20" y="80">tables, views, ...</text>
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+      <rect x="15" y="105" width="205" height="50" rx="10" stroke="blue" fill="none" stroke-dasharray="4 2" />
+      <text class="text_normal" x="20" y="125">'my_schema' (optional)</text>
+      <text class="text_small"  x="20" y="145">tables, views, ...</text>
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+      <rect x="15" y="170" width="205" height="30" rx="10" stroke="blue" fill="none" stroke-dasharray="4 2" />
+      <text class="text_small"  x="20" y="190">(some more system schemas)</text>
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+    <symbol id="note" stroke="black" fill="lightyellow">
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+    <marker id="arrowhead_end"
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+  <rect x="1" y="1" rx="5" width="99%" height="99%" stroke="black" fill="none" />
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+    <rect  x="0" y="0" width="790" height="555" stroke="blue" stroke-width="2px" fill="none" />
+    <text class="text_normal" x="180" y="25">cluster 'data' (default, managed by one instance)</text>
+  </g>
+  <g transform="translate(45 110)">
+    <path d="M 5,0 v -30 h 790 v 555 h -30" stroke="blue" stroke-width="2px" fill="none" />
+    <text class="text_normal" x="190" y="-10">cluster 'cluster_2' (optional, managed by a different instance)</text>
+  </g>
+
+
+  <!--  database template 0  -->
+  <g transform="translate(40 155)">
+    <use xlink:href="#rectangles_special_0" />
+    <text class="text_normal" x="10" y="25">database 'template0'</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <!--  database template 1  -->
+  <g transform="translate(290 155)">
+    <use xlink:href="#rectangles_special_0" />
+    <text class="text_normal" x="10" y="25">database 'template1'</text>
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+  <!--  database postgres  -->
+  <g transform="translate(540 155)">
+    <use xlink:href="#rectangles_special_1" />
+    <text class="text_normal" x="10" y="25">database 'postgres'</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <!--  database my_db  -->
+  <g transform="translate(40 350)">
+    <use xlink:href="#rectangles_special_1" />
+    <text class="text_normal" x="10" y="25">database 'my_db' (optional)</text>
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+  <!--  global objects  -->
+  <g transform="translate(320 330)">
+    <rect x="0" y="0" width="180" height="45" rx="10" stroke="blue" fill="none" stroke-dasharray="10 4 4 4" />
+    <text class="text_normal" x="10" y="20">Global SQL objects:</text>
+    <text class="text_small"  x="10" y="35">databases,tablespaces, roles</text>
+    <path d="M 0,5 l-65,-35" stroke="black" fill="none" marker-end="url(#arrowhead_end)" />
+    <path d="M 80,0 v-30" stroke="black" fill="none" marker-end="url(#arrowhead_end)" />
+    <path d="M 180,40 h50" stroke="black" fill="none" marker-end="url(#arrowhead_end)" />
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+  <!--  Some comments  -->
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+    <text class="text_small" x="10" y="20">1)</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="20">By default, you work in the cluster 'data', database 'postgres',</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="35">schema 'public'.</text>
+
+    <text class="text_small" x="10" y="55">2)</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="55">More system schemas: pg_catalog, information_schema,</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="70">pg_temp, pg_toast.</text>
+
+    <text class="text_small" x="10" y="90">3)</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="90">Global SQL objects: information about databases, tablespaces,</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="105">and roles are automatically known cluster-wide.</text>
+
+    <text class="text_small" x="10" y="125">4)</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="125">The command 'initdb' creates a new cluster with the three</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="140">databases 'template0', 'template1', and 'postgres'. The command</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="155">'createdb' creates a new database.</text>
+
+    <text class="text_small" x="10" y="175">5)</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="175">If multiple clusters are active on one server at the same time,</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="190">each one is managed by an individual instance. Each such instance</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="205">uses a different port.</text>
+
+    <text class="text_small" x="10" y="225">6)</text>
+    <text class="text_small" x="30" y="225">No client application is allowed to connect to 'template0'.</text>
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+</svg>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/images/directories-ink-svgo.svg b/doc/src/sgml/images/directories-ink-svgo.svg
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+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="900" height="640" viewBox="0 0 900 640">
+  <title>
+    Directory structure of a cluster
+  </title>
+  <style>
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+    <symbol id="directory" stroke="blue" stroke-width=".3" fill="aqua">
+      <title>
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+      <path d="M0 10h110v20H0z"/>
+      <path d="M0 10V8l3-3h35l3 3v2"/>
+    </symbol>
+    <symbol id="file" stroke="black" fill="none">
+      <title>
+        File
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+      <path stroke="blue" d="M0 0h40v50H0z"/>
+      <path d="M5 10h20" stroke-dasharray="4 2"/>
+      <path d="M5 17h15" stroke-dasharray="6 2"/>
+      <path d="M5 24h25" stroke-dasharray="4 2"/>
+      <path d="M5 31h20" stroke-dasharray="5 2"/>
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+  </defs>
+  <rect x="1" y="1" rx="5" width="99%" height="99%" stroke="black" fill="none"/>
+  <text x="50" y="50" font-weight="400" font-size="24" font-family="&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif">
+    Directory structure for storing durable and fluctuating information
+  </text>
+  <g transform="translate(20 100)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory"/>
+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      ... /pg/
+    </text>
+    <text x="300" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      An arbitrary directory
+    </text>
+  </g>
+  <g transform="translate(70 130)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory"/>
+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      data/
+    </text>
+    <text x="250" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      Root of cluster &apos;data&apos; (see: PGDATA)
+    </text>
+  </g>
+  <g transform="translate(120 160)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory"/>
+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      base/
+    </text>
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+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
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+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
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+    <text x="150" y="26" class="text_normal">
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+  <g transform="translate(170 280)">
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+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      nnnnn/
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+    <text x="150" y="26" class="text_normal">
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+    </text>
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+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
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+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">
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+  <g transform="translate(120 340)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory"/>
+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      pg_wal/
+    </text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      Subdirectory for Write Ahead Log files (&apos;pg_xlog&apos; before version 10)
+    </text>
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+  <g transform="translate(120 370)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory"/>
+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      pg_xact/
+    </text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      Subdirectory for transaction commit status (&apos;pg_clog&apos; before version 10)
+    </text>
+  </g>
+  <g transform="translate(120 400)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory"/>
+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      pg_tblspc/
+    </text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      Subdirectory containing symbolic links to tablespaces
+    </text>
+  </g>
+  <g transform="translate(120 430)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory"/>
+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      pg_... /
+    </text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">
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+  <g transform="translate(120 465)">
+    <use xlink:href="#file"/>
+    <use xlink:href="#file" x="50"/>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      &apos;postmaster.pid&apos; and other files with cluster-wide relevance
+    </text>
+  </g>
+  <g transform="translate(20 540)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory"/>
+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      ... /xyz/
+    </text>
+    <text x="300" y="26" class="text_normal">
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+    </text>
+  </g>
+  <g transform="translate(70 570)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory"/>
+    <text x="10" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      cluster_2/
+    </text>
+    <text x="250" y="26" class="text_normal">
+      Root of another cluster &apos;cluster_2&apos;
+    </text>
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+    <use
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+    <text
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+    <text
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+       y="26"
+       class="text_normal"
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+    <text
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+    <text
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+       y="26"
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+    <text
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+    <text
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+       y="26"
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+     transform="translate(120, 340)"
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+    <text
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+       y="26"
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+    <text
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+       y="26"
+       class="text_normal"
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+     transform="translate(120, 370)"
+     id="g110">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#directory"
+       id="use104" />
+    <text
+       x="10"
+       y="26"
+       class="text_normal"
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+    <text
+       x="200"
+       y="26"
+       class="text_normal"
+       id="text108">Subdirectory for transaction commit status ('pg_clog' before version 10)</text>
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+     id="g118">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#directory"
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+    <text
+       x="10"
+       y="26"
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+    <text
+       x="200"
+       y="26"
+       class="text_normal"
+       id="text116">Subdirectory containing symbolic links to tablespaces</text>
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+  <g
+     transform="translate(120, 430)"
+     id="g126">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#directory"
+       id="use120" />
+    <text
+       x="10"
+       y="26"
+       class="text_normal"
+       id="text122">pg_... /</text>
+    <text
+       x="200"
+       y="26"
+       class="text_normal"
+       id="text124">Some more subdirectories</text>
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+  <g
+     transform="translate(120, 465)"
+     id="g134">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#file"
+       x="0"
+       y="0"
+       id="use128" />
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#file"
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+       y="0"
+       id="use130" />
+    <text
+       x="200"
+       y="26"
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+       id="text132">'postmaster.pid' and other files with cluster-wide relevance</text>
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+  <!--  next cluster  -->
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+     transform="translate(20, 540)"
+     id="g142">
+    <use
+       xlink:href="#directory"
+       id="use136" />
+    <text
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+    <text
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+       y="26"
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+  <g
+     transform="translate(70, 570)"
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+    <use
+       xlink:href="#directory"
+       id="use144" />
+    <text
+       x="10"
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+    <text
+       x="250"
+       y="26"
+       class="text_normal"
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+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">... /pg/</text>
+    <text x="300" y="26" class="text_normal">An arbitrary directory</text>
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+  <g transform="translate(70, 130)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">data/</text>
+    <text x="250" y="26" class="text_normal">Root of cluster 'data' (see: PGDATA)</text>
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+  <g transform="translate(120, 160)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">base/</text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">Subdirectory containing per-database subdirectories</text>
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+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">1/</text>
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+  <g transform="translate(170, 220)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">12992/</text>
+    <text x="150" y="26" class="text_normal">Subdirectory for data of second database 'template1'</text>
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+  <g transform="translate(170, 250)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">12999/</text>
+    <text x="150" y="26" class="text_normal">Subdirectory for data of third database 'postgres'</text>
+  </g>
+  <g transform="translate(170, 280)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">nnnnn/</text>
+    <text x="150" y="26" class="text_normal">Optional: more subdirectories for databases, e.g. 'my_db'</text>
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+  <g transform="translate(120, 310)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">global/</text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">Subdirectory for Global SQL Objects (database, tablespace, role)</text>
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+  <g transform="translate(120, 340)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">pg_wal/</text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">Subdirectory for Write Ahead Log files ('pg_xlog' before version 10)</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <g transform="translate(120, 370)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">pg_xact/</text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">Subdirectory for transaction commit status ('pg_clog' before version 10)</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <g transform="translate(120, 400)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">pg_tblspc/</text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">Subdirectory containing symbolic links to tablespaces</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <g transform="translate(120, 430)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">pg_... /</text>
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">Some more subdirectories</text>
+  </g>
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+  <g transform="translate(120, 465)">
+    <use xlink:href="#file" x="0"   y="0"  />
+    <use xlink:href="#file" x="50"  y="0"  />
+    <text x="200" y="26" class="text_normal">'postmaster.pid' and other files with cluster-wide relevance</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <!--  next cluster  -->
+  <g transform="translate(20, 540)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">... /xyz/</text>
+    <text x="300" y="26" class="text_normal">Same or another arbitrary directory</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <g transform="translate(70, 570)">
+    <use xlink:href="#directory" />
+    <text x="10"  y="26" class="text_normal">cluster_2/</text>
+    <text x="250" y="26" class="text_normal">Root of another cluster 'cluster_2'</text>
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+    <text x="50" y="20" class="text_normal">Archiver</text>
+  </g>
+  <path d="M 620,485 l 30,-30" stroke="black" fill="none" marker-end="url(#arrowhead_end)"/>
+  <path d="M 740,455 v 30" stroke="black" fill="none" marker-end="url(#arrowhead_end)"/>
+
+  <!-- Vacuum  -->
+  <g transform="translate(135, 380)">
+    <rect width="120" height="30" stroke="blue" fill="none" />
+    <text x="10" y="20" class="text_normal">AutoVacuum</text>
+    <path d="M 5,0 v -5 h 120 v 30 h -5" stroke="blue" fill="none" />
+    <path d="M 10,-5 v -5 h 120 v 30 h -5" stroke="blue" fill="none" />
+  </g>
+
+  <!-- Log Writer -->
+  <g transform="translate(135, 430)">
+    <rect width="120" height="30" stroke="blue" fill="none" />
+    <text x="10" y="20" class="text_normal">Log Writer</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <!-- Stats Collector (135, 460) -->
+  <g transform="translate(290, 370)">
+    <rect width="140" height="30" stroke="blue" fill="none" />
+    <text x="10" y="20" class="text_normal">Stats Collector</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <!--       -->
+  <!-- files -->
+  <!--       -->
+  <g transform="translate(145, 490)">
+    <use xlink:href="#disc" />
+    <text x="35" y="45" class="text_normal">Log</text>
+    <text x="15" y="60" class="text_small">(text lines,</text>
+    <text x="20" y="75" class="text_small">sequential)</text>
+  </g>
+  <path d="M 195,465 v 20" stroke="black" fill="none" marker-end="url(#arrowhead_end)"/>
+
+  <g transform="translate(410, 490)">
+    <use xlink:href="#disc" />
+    <text x="10" y="40" class="text_normal">Heap and</text>
+    <text x="25" y="55" class="text_normal">Index</text>
+    <text x="10" y="70" class="text_small">(binary blocks,</text>
+    <text x="30" y="80" class="text_small">random)</text>
+  </g>
+  <path d="M 450,485 v -135" stroke="black" fill="none" marker-end="url(#arrowhead_end)"/>
+
+  <g transform="translate(295, 420)">
+    <use xlink:href="#note_170x50" />
+    <text x="5" y="15" class="text_comment">Read heap and index</text>
+    <text x="5" y="30" class="text_comment">pages and transfer</text>
+    <text x="5" y="45" class="text_comment">them to shared_buffers</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <g transform="translate(550, 490)">
+    <use xlink:href="#disc" />
+    <text x="30" y="45" class="text_normal">WAL</text>
+    <text x="5" y="60" class="text_small">(binary records,</text>
+    <text x="20" y="75" class="text_small">sequential)</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <g transform="translate(690, 490)">
+    <use xlink:href="#disc" />
+    <text x="16" y="40" class="text_normal">Archived</text>
+    <text x="36" y="55" class="text_normal">WAL</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <!-- boarder between client and server side -->
+  <path d="M 110,20 v 550" stroke="black" fill="none" />
+  <g transform="translate(123, 190) rotate(90)">
+    <use xlink:href="#note_200x20"  />
+    <text class="text_comment" x="10" y ="15">Via TCP/IP or socket</text>
+  </g>
+
+  <!-- right side -->
+  <g transform="translate(850, 0) rotate(90)">
+    <text class="text_big" x="95">RAM</text>
+    <text class="text_big" x="250">PROCESSES</text>
+    <text class="text_big" x="500">FILES</text>
+  </g>
+
+</svg>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml
index e59cba7997..05d2862332 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
   </partintro>
 
   &start;
+  &architecture;
   &query;
   &advanced;
 
@@ -277,6 +278,7 @@
   &sourcerepo;
   &docguide;
   &limits;
+  &glossary;
   &acronyms;
 
  </part>

