diff --git a/user/reference/glossary.md b/user/reference/glossary.md index 111dff1e..d5532a6d 100644 --- a/user/reference/glossary.md +++ b/user/reference/glossary.md @@ -24,21 +24,24 @@ filesystem. ## disposable -See [How to Use Dispoables](/doc/how-to-use-disposables/). A type of temporary -[app qube](#app-qube) that can quickly be created, used, and destroyed. Each -disposable is based on a [disposable template](#disposable-template). +A type of temporary [app qube](#app-qube) that can quickly be created, used, +and destroyed. Each disposable is based on a [disposable +template](#disposable-template). + +See [How to Use Dispoables](/doc/how-to-use-disposables/). ## disposable template A type of [app qube](#app-qube) on which [disposables](#disposable) are based. -(Not to be confused with the concept of a regular [template](#template) that is -itself disposable, which does not exist in Qubes OS.) + +* Not to be confused with the concept of a regular [template](#template) that + is itself disposable, which does not exist in Qubes OS. * Disposable templates must be app qubes. They cannot be regular [templates](#template). -* Each [disposables](#disposable) is based on a disposable template, which is - in turn based on a regular [templates](#template). +* Each [disposable](#disposable) is based on a disposable template, which is in + turn based on a regular [template](#template). ## dom0 @@ -52,10 +55,11 @@ access to most hardware. ## domain -In Xen, a synonym for [VM](#vm). See ["domain" on the Xen -Wiki](https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Domain). +In Xen, a synonym for [VM](#vm). -* This term has no official meaning in the context of Qubes OS. +See ["domain" on the Xen Wiki](https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Domain). + +* This term has no official meaning in Qubes OS. ## domU @@ -68,11 +72,12 @@ domUs lack direct hardware access. ## HVM -[Hardware-assisted Virtual Machine](/doc/standalones-and-HVM/). Any fully -virtualized, or hardware-assisted, [VM](#vm) utilizing the virtualization -extensions of the host CPU. Although HVMs are typically slower than -paravirtualized qubes due to the required emulation, HVMs allow the user to -create domains based on any operating system. +Hardware-assisted Virtual Machine. Any fully virtualized, or hardware-assisted, +[VM](#vm) utilizing the virtualization extensions of the host CPU. Although +HVMs are typically slower than paravirtualized qubes due to the required +emulation, HVMs allow the user to create domains based on any operating system. + +See [Standalones and HVM](/doc/standalones-and-HVM/). ## qube @@ -108,11 +113,12 @@ compartmentalized (or isolated) in separate [qubes](#qube). shortened to "Qubes." Only in technical contexts where spaces are not permitted (e.g., in usernames) may the space be omitted, as in `@QubesOS`. -## Qubes Windows Tools +## Qubes Windows Tools (QWT) -[Qubes Windows Tools (QWT)](/doc/windows-tools/) are a set of programs and -drivers that provide integration of Windows qubes with the rest of the Qubes OS -system. Also see [Windows](/doc/windows/). +A set of programs and drivers that provide integration of Windows qubes with +the rest of the Qubes OS system. + +See [Qubes Windows Tools](/doc/windows-tools/) and [Windows](/doc/windows/). ## service qube @@ -122,19 +128,22 @@ qubes. ## standalone -See [Standalones and HVMs](/doc/standalones-and-hvm/). Any [qube](#qube) that -has its own root filesystem and does not share it with another qube. -Standalones are distinct from both templates and app qubes. A standalone is -created by cloning a template while selecting the option to make the clone -standalone. +Any [qube](#qube) that has its own root filesystem and does not share it with +another qube. Standalones are distinct from both templates and app qubes. A +standalone is created by cloning a template while selecting the option to make +the clone standalone. + +See [Standalones and HVMs](/doc/standalones-and-hvm/). ## template -See [Templates](/doc/templates/). Any [qube](#qube) that shares its root -filesystem with another qube. A qube that is borrowing a template's root -filesystem is known as an [app qube](#app-qube) and is said to be "based on" -the template. Templates are intended for installing and updating software -applications, but not for running them. +Any [qube](#qube) that shares its root filesystem with another qube. A qube +that is borrowing a template's root filesystem is known as an [app +qube](#app-qube) and is said to be "based on" the template. Templates are +intended for installing and updating software applications, but not for running +them. + +See [Templates](/doc/templates/). * No template is an [app qube](#app-qube).