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.. _glossary:
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Glossary
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.. glossary::
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GC
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| garbage collector
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mlog
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| mutation log.
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| Remembers cross-generation and cross-checkpoint pointers
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nursery
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| in garbage collector, memory region dedicated to young objects.
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| These are objects that have survived less than 2 incremental collection cycles.
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tenured
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| in garbage collector, memory region dedicated to older objects.
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| These are defined as objects that have survived 2 or more incremental collection cycles.
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xgen
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| cross-generation tenured->nursery pointer; requires special GC bookkeeping
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xckp
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| cross-checkpoint pointer; requires special GC bookkeeping
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.. toctree::
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