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glossery: introduce some first-use items

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This requires the usage of \glsentrytext in chapters etc., because the
first expansion shouldn't happen there.
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% // vim: set ft=tex:
\newglossaryentry{Rust}{
name=Rust
, description={
TODO programming language
}
\newglossaryentry{Rust} {
name = {Rust},
long = {the Rust programming language},
description = {
Statically typed programming language that uses a new concept of variable ownership and reference tracking. Largely explain in \autoref{context::rust}.
},
first = {\glsentrylong{Rust}}
}
\newglossaryentry{proglang} {
name = {programming language},
description = {
A well-defined language used to write software. Hundreds of language exists, each with focus on different aspects like comfort for humans, size, speed, safety, etc.
},
}
\newglossaryentry{compiler}{
name = compiler,
long = {source- to machine-code compiler},
description = {
A program that can transform software source code to executable machine code.
Typically targetted for a \glsentryname{proglang} or a family of \glspl{proglang}.
},
first = {\glsentrylong{compiler}}
}
\newglossaryentry{addrspace}{
name = memory address space,
name = address space,
long = bound address range in memory,
description = {
A logical entity that represents parts of the virtual memory, specified with a starting address and the length in a standardize unit
A logical entity that represents a section of memory, specified with a start address and either by end address or length given in a standardize unit
},
first = {\glsentrylong{addrspace}}
}
\newglossaryentry{API}{
\newglossaryentry{api}{
name = API,
long = {Application Programming Interface},
description = {
Application Programming Interface
},
first = {\glsentrylong{api}}
}
\newglossaryentry{OS}{
name = Operating System,
name = OS,
long = Operating System,
description = {
The software that manages the system's hardware ressources.
Other \glspl{app} can access the ressources only through the interface provided by the \gls{OS}.
},
first = {\glsentrylong{OS}}
}
\newglossaryentry{fs}{
name = filesystem,
description = {