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Re: Item for the guidelines



Quoting Justin B Rye (jbr@edlug.org.uk):
> Christian Perrier wrote:
> > Another one:
> > 
> > A database [...]
> > A database server [...]
> > A database server software is the software that handles data and
> > serves it (MySQL, etc.)
> 
> Whoah!  There's no such thing as "a" software.  It's a non-count
> noun, like hardware, or information.  You mean "a program" or "an
> application". 


Let's reword this, then:

Database server software is a program that handles data and serves
it....

I don't feel like calling MySQL "program" or "application"....

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