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