"Johnson, Shaunn" <SJohnson6@bcbsm.com> writes:
> I'm looking around but I can't seem to find documentation
> that will give me a description / definition of what
> the system tables do.
Look in the "System Catalogs" chapter of the Developer's Guide, eg
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.2/postgres/catalogs.html
regards, tom lane