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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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operatin system inside an emulated hardware environment.
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`Container`_
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A Container is an isolated user space. Programs runs directly on
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the hosts kernel, but with limited access to the host resources.
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Datastore
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A place to store backups. The current implemenation is
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file-system based, so this refers to a directory containing the
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backup data.
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`Rust`_
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Rust is a new, fast and memory-efficient system programming
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language, with 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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Python documentation, and 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) defines an interface which allows to
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implement a filesystem in userspace as opposed to implementing it
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in the kernel. The fuse kernel driver handles filesystem requests and
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sends them to an userspace application for reply.
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