Hi Neil.

15-May-04 19:41:00, Neil Heller wrote to All


 NH> RDBMS is an acronym standing for "Relational Data Base Management
 NH> System".

 NH> What is the plural of RDBMS.

probably RDBMSs (following the rule for pluralising the noun system)

However esr uses both BBSs and BBSes interchangably in the jargon file.

 NH> Is there an apostrophe involved?  Why?  I'm not interested in the
 NH> possessive, only the plural.

No. apostrophy-"s"es are possessive except when meaning "is"
all possesives end with 's  except its

 NH> þ CMPQwk 1.42 999



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