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docs: remove AuFS from glossary
The AuFS storage driver was deprecated and now removed. Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>
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A list of terms used around the Docker project.
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## aufs
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aufs (advanced multi layered unification filesystem) is a Linux [filesystem](#filesystem) that
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Docker supports as a storage backend. It implements the
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[union mount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount) for Linux file systems.
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An image that has no parent is a **base image**.
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- Linux : ext4, aufs, btrfs, zfs
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- Linux : ext4, btrfs, zfs
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- Windows : NTFS
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## Union file system
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Union file systems implement a [union
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mount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount) and operate by creating
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Union file systems implement a [union mount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount) and operate by creating
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layers. Docker uses union file systems in conjunction with
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[copy-on-write](#copy-on-write) techniques to provide the building blocks for
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containers, making them very lightweight and fast.
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For more on Docker and union file systems, see [Docker and AUFS in
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practice](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/aufs-driver/),
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[Docker and Btrfs in
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practice](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/btrfs-driver/),
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and [Docker and OverlayFS in
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practice](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/overlayfs-driver/)
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For more on Docker and union file systems, see [OverlayFS storage driver](https://docs.docker.com/storage/storagedriver/overlayfs-driver/),
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Example implementations of union file systems are
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[UnionFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS),
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[AUFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aufs), and
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[Btrfs](https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page).
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[UnionFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS), and [Btrfs](https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page).
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## virtual machine
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