Glossary ======== .. glossary:: `Virtual machine`_ A Virtual machine is a program that can execute an entire operatin system inside an emulated hardware environment. `Container`_ A Container is an isolated user space. Programs runs directly on the hosts kernel, but with limited access to the host resources. Datastore A place to store backups. The current implemenation is file-system based, so this refers to a directory containing the backup data. `Rust`_ Rust is a new, fast and memory-efficient system programming language, with no runtime or garbage collector. Rust’s rich type system and ownership model guarantee memory-safety and thread-safety. I can eliminate many classes of bugs at compile-time. `Sphinx`_ Is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation. It was originally created for the Python documentation, and it has excellent facilities for the 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.