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Glossary
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.. glossary::
`Virtual machine`_
A virtual machine is a program that can execute an entire
operating system inside an emulated hardware environment.
`Container`_
A container is an isolated user space. Programs run directly on
the host's kernel, but with limited access to the host resources.
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Datastore
A place to store backups. A directory which contains the backup data.
The current implemenation is file-system based.
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`Rust`_
Rust is a new, fast and memory-efficient system programming
language. It has no runtime or garbage collector. Rusts rich type
system and ownership model guarantee memory-safety and
thread-safety. I can eliminate many classes of bugs
at compile-time.
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`Sphinx`_
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Is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and
beautiful documentation. It was originally created for the
documentation of the Python programming language. It has excellent facilities for the
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documentation of software projects in a range of languages.
`reStructuredText`_
Is an easy-to-read, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext
markup syntax and parser system.
`FUSE`
Filesystem in Userspace (`FUSE <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace>`_)
defines an interface which makes it possible to implement a filesystem in
userspace as opposed to implementing it in the kernel. The fuse
kernel driver handles filesystem requests and sends them to a
userspace application.