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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ data StoreObject = StoreObject {
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A Nix store can *add*, *retrieve*, and *delete* store objects.
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It can *perform builds*, that is, create new store objects by transforming build inputs, using instructions from the build tasks, into build outputs.
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It can *perform builds*, that is, create new store objects by transforming build inputs into build outputs, using instructions from the build tasks.
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As it keeps track of references, it can [garbage-collect](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science)) unused store objects.
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@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ Garbage collection will delete all store objects that cannot be reached from any
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## Files and Processes
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Nix provides a mapping between its store model and the [Unix paradigm](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_is_a_file) on the interplay of [files and processes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_descriptor).
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Nix provides a mapping between its store model and the [Unix paradigm](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_is_a_file) that governs the interplay of [files and processes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_descriptor).
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Nix encodes immutable store objects and opaque identifiers as file system primitives: files, directories, and paths.
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Nix encodes immutable store objects and opaque identifiers as file system primitives: files and directories, and paths.
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That allows processes to resolve references contained in files and thus access the contents of store objects.
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```
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