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Glossary
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    Interface
        A **functional** description of something.

    Hook
        An overridable method to customize behaviour.

    Slot
        Lightweight data objects in python defined using ``__slots__``.

    Mixin
        A Non-standalone class that encapsulates some unit of work, for other classes to
        inherit from.