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# Glossary
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The purpose of this document is define the specific terms which should be used
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for various concepts, with the goal of establishing consistency throughout
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documentation and source code.
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- "Isle" - The name of this project, which is a proper noun and so should always
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be capitalized.
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- "isle" - The name of the binary or program produced by the Isle project. isle
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is the name of the file itself, and so is always lower-case.
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- "host" - A computer or device on which isle is run.
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- "isle network", "network" - A collection of hosts which communicate and share
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resources with each other via the Isle project.
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- "garage cluster" - Garage is one of the sub-processes which isle is able to
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run. These garage process connect together to form a cluster. We use the
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term "cluster" in the context of garage to stay consistent with garage's
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documentation and command-line.
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- "user" - A person who takes part in the usage, operation, or administration of
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an isle network.
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