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<title>Description</title>
- <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
- <literal>.slice</literal> encodes information about a slice which
- is a concept for hierarchically managing resources of a group of
- processes. This management is performed by creating a node in the
- Linux Control Group (cgroup) tree. Units that manage processes
- (primarily scope and service units) may be assigned to a specific
- slice. For each slice, certain resource limits may be set that
- apply to all processes of all units contained in that
- slice. Slices are organized hierarchically in a tree. The name of
- the slice encodes the location in the tree. The name consists of a
- dash-separated series of names, which describes the path to the
- slice from the root slice. The root slice is named,
- <filename>-.slice</filename>. Example:
- <filename>foo-bar.slice</filename> is a slice that is located
- within <filename>foo.slice</filename>, which in turn is located in
- the root slice <filename>-.slice</filename>.
+ <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in <literal>.slice</literal> encodes information about a slice
+ unit. A slice unit is a concept for hierarchically managing resources of a group of processes. This management is
+ performed by creating a node in the Linux Control Group (cgroup) tree. Units that manage processes (primarily scope
+ and service units) may be assigned to a specific slice. For each slice, certain resource limits may be set that
+ apply to all processes of all units contained in that slice. Slices are organized hierarchically in a tree. The
+ name of the slice encodes the location in the tree. The name consists of a dash-separated series of names, which
+ describes the path to the slice from the root slice. The root slice is named <filename>-.slice</filename>. Example:
+ <filename>foo-bar.slice</filename> is a slice that is located within <filename>foo.slice</filename>, which in turn
+ is located in the root slice <filename>-.slice</filename>.
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<para>Note that slice units cannot be templated, nor is possible to add multiple names to a slice unit by creating