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Change the term "DVM Template" to "DisposableVM Template"

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Requested by: QubesOS/qubes-issues#4935
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@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ TemplateVMs are intended for installing and updating software applications, but
* Colloquially, TemplateVMs are often referred to as "templates."
* Since every TemplateVM supplies its *own* root filesystem to at least one other VM, no TemplateVM can be based on another TemplateVM.
In other words, no TemplateVM is a [TemplateBasedVM](#templatebasedvm).
* Since every TemplateVM supplies its *root* filesystem to at least one other VM, no [DVM Template](#dvm-template) is a TemplateVM.
* Since every TemplateVM supplies its *root* filesystem to at least one other VM, no [DisposableVM Template](#disposablevm-template) is a TemplateVM.
TemplateBasedVM
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@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ A FirewallVM called `sys-firewall` is created by default in most Qubes installat
DisposableVM
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[Disposable Virtual Machine]. A temporary [AppVM](#appvm) based on a [DVM Template](#dvm-template) that can quickly be created, used, and destroyed.
[Disposable Virtual Machine]. A temporary [AppVM](#appvm) based on a [DisposableVM Template](#disposablevm-template) that can quickly be created, used, and destroyed.
DispVM
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DVM
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An abbreviation of [DisposableVM](#disposablevm), typically used to refer to [DVM Templates](#dvm-template).
An abbreviation of [DisposableVM](#disposablevm), typically used to refer to [DisposableVM Templates](#disposablevm-template).
DVM Template
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DisposableVM Template
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(Formerly known as a "DVM Template".)
A type of [TemplateBasedVM](#templatebasedvm) on which [DisposableVMs](#disposablevm) are based.
By default, a DVM Template named `fedora-XX-dvm` is created on most Qubes installations (where `XX` is the Fedora version of the default TemplateVM).
DVM Templates are not [TemplateVMs](#templatevm), since (being TemplateBasedVMs) they do not have root filesystems of their own to provide to other VMs.
Rather, DVM Templates are complementary to TemplateVMs insofar as DVM Templates provide their own user filesystems to the DisposableVMs based on them.
There are two main kinds of DVM Templates:
By default, a DisposableVM Template named `fedora-XX-dvm` is created on most Qubes installations (where `XX` is the Fedora version of the default TemplateVM).
DisposableVM Templates are not [TemplateVMs](#templatevm), since (being TemplateBasedVMs) they do not have root filesystems of their own to provide to other VMs.
Rather, DisposableVM Templates are complementary to TemplateVMs insofar as DisposableVM Templates provide their own user filesystems to the DisposableVMs based on them.
There are two main kinds of DisposableVM Templates:
* **Dedicated** DVM Templates are intended neither for installing nor running software.
Rather, they are intended for *customizing* or *configuring* software that has already been installed on the TemplateVM on which the DVM Template is based (see [DisposableVM Customization]).
This software is then intended to be run (in its customized state) in DisposableVMs that are based on the DVM Template.
* **Non-dedicated** DVM Templates are typically [AppVMs](#appvm) on which DisposableVMs are based.
* **Dedicated** DisposableVM Templates are intended neither for installing nor running software.
Rather, they are intended for *customizing* or *configuring* software that has already been installed on the TemplateVM on which the DisposableVM Template is based (see [DisposableVM Customization]).
This software is then intended to be run (in its customized state) in DisposableVMs that are based on the DisposableVM Template.
* **Non-dedicated** DisposableVM Templates are typically [AppVMs](#appvm) on which DisposableVMs are based.
For example, an AppVM could be used to generate and store trusted data.
Then, a DisposableVM could be created based on the AppVM (thereby making the AppVM a DVM Template) so that the data can be analyzed by an untrusted program without jeopardizing the integrity of the original data.
Then, a DisposableVM could be created based on the AppVM (thereby making the AppVM a DisposableVM Template) so that the data can be analyzed by an untrusted program without jeopardizing the integrity of the original data.
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