.. _glossary:

Glossary
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.. glossary::
    GC
     | garbage collector

    mlog
     | mutation log.
     | Remembers cross-generation and cross-checkpoint pointers

    nursery
     | in garbage collector, memory region dedicated to young objects.
     | These are objects that have survived less than 2 incremental collection cycles.

    tenured
     | in garbage collector, memory region dedicated to older objects.
     | These are defined as objects that have survived 2 or more incremental collection cycles.

    xgen
     | cross-generation tenured->nursery pointer; requires special GC bookkeeping

    xckp
     | cross-checkpoint pointer; requires special GC bookkeeping

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