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.. _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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