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1616
1717A list of terms used around the Docker project.
1818
19- ## aufs
20-
21- aufs (advanced multi layered unification filesystem) is a Linux [ filesystem] ( #filesystem ) that
22- Docker supports as a storage backend. It implements the
23- [ union mount] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount ) for Linux file systems.
24-
2519## base image
2620
2721An image that has no parent is a ** base image** .
@@ -178,7 +172,7 @@ and assign them locations for efficient storage and retrieval.
178172
179173Examples :
180174
181- - Linux : ext4, aufs, btrfs, zfs
175+ - Linux : ext4, btrfs, zfs
182176- Windows : NTFS
183177- macOS : HFS+
184178
@@ -316,23 +310,16 @@ containers.
316310
317311## Union file system
318312
319- Union file systems implement a [ union
320- mount] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount ) and operate by creating
313+ Union file systems implement a [ union mount] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount ) and operate by creating
321314layers. Docker uses union file systems in conjunction with
322315[ copy-on-write] ( #copy-on-write ) techniques to provide the building blocks for
323316containers, making them very lightweight and fast.
324317
325- For more on Docker and union file systems, see [ Docker and AUFS in
326- practice] ( https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/aufs-driver/ ) ,
327- [ Docker and Btrfs in
328- practice] ( https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/btrfs-driver/ ) ,
329- and [ Docker and OverlayFS in
330- practice] ( https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/overlayfs-driver/ )
318+ For more on Docker and union file systems, see [ OverlayFS storage driver] ( https://docs.docker.com/storage/storagedriver/overlayfs-driver/ ) ,
319+ and [ Btrfs storage driver] ( https://docs.docker.com/storage/storagedriver/btrfs-driver/ ) .
331320
332321Example implementations of union file systems are
333- [ UnionFS] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS ) ,
334- [ AUFS] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aufs ) , and
335- [ Btrfs] ( https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page ) .
322+ [ UnionFS] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS ) , and [ Btrfs] ( https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page ) .
336323
337324## virtual machine
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