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Add glossary entries for Day 1 (#2953)
These Rust-specific entries are for concepts taught on Day 1 and could thus be useful to have in the glossary.
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- allocate:\
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Dynamic memory allocation on [the heap](memory-management/review.md).
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- array:\
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A fixed-size collection of elements of the same type, stored contiguously in
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memory. See [Arrays](tuples-and-arrays/arrays.md).
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- associated type:\
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A type associated with a specific trait. Useful for defining the relationship
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between types.
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- receiver:\
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The first parameter in a Rust [method](methods-and-traits/methods.md) that
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represents the instance on which the method is called.
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- reference:\
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A non-owning pointer to a value that borrows it without transferring
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ownership. References can be [shared (immutable)](references/shared.md) or
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[exclusive (mutable)](references/exclusive.md).
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- reference counting:\
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A memory management technique in which the number of references to an object
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is tracked, and the object is deallocated when the count reaches zero. See
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- safe:\
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Refers to code that adheres to Rust's ownership and borrowing rules,
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preventing memory-related errors. See [Unsafe Rust](unsafe-rust.md).
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- slice:\
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A dynamically-sized view into a contiguous sequence, such as an array or
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vector. Unlike arrays, slices have a size determined at runtime. See
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[Slices](references/slices.md).
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- scope:\
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The region of a program where a variable is valid and can be used. See
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[Blocks and Scopes](control-flow-basics/blocks-and-scopes.md).
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