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_Function_: A _function_ is the smallest unit of a program in Fission.
It's a program with an function as an entry point -- it doesn't have
to be just one function.
_Trigger_: Triggers are what cause functions to be called. For
example the HTTP trigger causes functions to be called on HTTP
requests.
_Instance_: Fission creates and runs servers containing these
functions. The running server is called an _instance_. You normally
don't need to worry about instances: their management is completely
automatic and transparent to you. However, certain configuration
settings allow you to tweak the behaviour of instances -- for example,
you can configure the strategy for destroying unused instances.
_Generic Instance_: An instance with no user code in it. The process
of including the user code to a Generic Instance is _Specialization_,
and the resulting instance is a _Specialized Instance_.
_Specialized Instance_: See _General Instance_.