-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.69 2007/12/03 13:40:11 mha Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.70 2008/01/09 05:27:22 alvherre Exp $ -->
<chapter id="protocol">
<title>Frontend/Backend Protocol</title>
+ <indexterm zone="protocol">
+ <primary>protocol</primary>
+ <secondary>frontend-backend</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses a message-based protocol
for communication between frontends and backends (clients and servers).