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  <title>Sixth - system for data storage, computation, exploration and interaction</title>
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-<h2 id="sec-3"><span class="section-number-2">3</span> Frequently Given Answers</h2>
+<h2 id="sec-3"><span class="section-number-2">3</span> Computation ideas</h2>
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+<li>Program - stored instructions for execution by computer.
+</li>
+
+<li>Process - Currently running program.
+<ul class="org-ul">
+<li>Process is self contained. Has a full copy of program code and
+every dependent library.
+
+<ul class="org-ul">
+<li>Memory used by processes is content addressed/deduplicated at
+low level in the system.
+</li>
+
+<li>This allows:
+<ul class="org-ul">
+<li>Upgrading software installed in the system without breaking
+already running processes.
+</li>
+
+<li>Easier migration of running processes between physical
+computers.
+</li>
+
+<li>Possibility to suspend/resume arbitrary processes to permament
+storage.
+</li>
+
+<li>Possibility checkpoint/revert running process.
+</li>
+
+<li>Possibility to clone/branch running process.
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
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+<h2 id="sec-4"><span class="section-number-2">4</span> Frequently Given Answers</h2>
+<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-4">
+<ul class="org-ul">
  <li>Why such name ?
  <ul class="org-ul">
  <li>In short: it's just a number.
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  <li><a href="#sec-1">1. Vision - A tool to amplify human ability</a></li>
  <li><a href="#sec-2">2. Current status</a></li>
-<li><a href="#sec-3">3. Frequently Given Answers</a></li>
+<li><a href="#sec-3">3. Computation ideas</a></li>
+<li><a href="#sec-4">4. Frequently Given Answers</a></li>
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  <div><p class="author">Author: Svjatoslav Agejenko</p>
-<p class="date">Created: 2017-07-29 Sat 14:10</p>
+<p class="date">Created: 2017-09-05 Tue 12:57</p>
  <p class="creator"><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a> 25.1.1 (<a href="http://orgmode.org">Org-mode</a> 8.2.10)</p>
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