"Superset" is the opposite of subset.  When Jon said a powerpatch is a
superset of its predecessors, he means a powerpatch includes all of the
patches in previous powerpatches, plus new ones.

At 14:33 11/24/98 -0800, Cary A Marshall wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>At the risk of sounding somewhat thick, can someone explain what a
>"superset" is.  I've seen the term used several times on the postings to
>this list, but I can't seem to find a good definition of the term.  Does it
>derive from supersede? Is it a concatenation? Is is ...?
>


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