Justin Pryzby <pry...@telsasoft.com> writes: > On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 10:45:52AM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> Process of an <glossterm linkend="glossary-instance">instance</glossterm> in >> charge of some specific, hardcoded background task. Examples are
> And I think "hardcoded" doesn't mean anything beyond what "specific" means. > Maybe you'd say: .. process which handles a specific, central task for the > cluster instance. Meh. "Specific" and "background" both seem to be useful terms here. I do not think "central" is a useful adjective. regards, tom lane