<s>
xrdb	B-Device
(	O
X	B-Device
resource	I-Device
database	O
manager	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
program	O
used	O
for	O
accessing	O
the	O
X	B-Device
resources	I-Device
of	O
a	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
use	O
of	O
xrdb	B-Device
is	O
however	O
to	O
load	O
the	O
resources	O
when	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
display	O
server	O
is	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
instruction	O
xrdb	B-Device
-load	O
$	O
HOME/.Xresources	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
scripts	O
that	O
are	O
executed	O
when	O
the	O
server	O
is	O
started	O
to	O
read	O
the	O
user	O
preferences	O
from	O
the	O
file	O
.Xresources	B-Device
in	O
his	O
home	O
directory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
xrdb	B-Device
was	O
written	O
by	O
Jim	O
Gettys	O
and	O
later	O
rewritten	O
by	O
Bob	O
Scheifler	O
and	O
Phil	O
Karlton	O
.	O
</s>
