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Glossary
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.. 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. Rusts 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.
`FUSE`_
Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) defines an interface which allows 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 an userspace application for reply.