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</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="glossary-log-sequence-number">
+ <glossterm>Log sequence number</glossterm>
+ <acronym>LSN</acronym>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Byte offset into the <glossterm linkend="glossary-wal">WAL</glossterm>,
+ increasing monotonically with each new <glossterm
+ linkend="glossary-wal-record">WAL record</glossterm>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For more information, see <link
+ linkend="datatype-pg-lsn"><type>pg_lsn</type></link> and <xref
+ linkend="wal-internals"/>.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>LSN</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="glossary-log-sequence-number"/>
+ </glossentry>
+
<glossentry>
<glossterm>Master (server)</glossterm>
<glosssee otherterm="glossary-primary-server" />
@@ -1342,6 +1364,20 @@
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="glossary-restartpoint">
+ <glossterm>Restartpoint</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ A variant of a <glossterm
+ linkend="glossary-checkpoint">checkpoint</glossterm> performed on a
+ <glossterm linkend="glossary-replica">replica</glossterm>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For more information, see <xref linkend="wal-configuration"/>.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
<glossentry id="glossary-result-set">
<glossterm>Result set</glossterm>
<glossdef>