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| Program that is started as the very first thing while starting a computer and that takes care of loading the operating system kernel and initramfs. |
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| A collection of software packages that can be managed as one entity and can contain different versions of a software solution. |
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| The boot loader that is installed on most systems that need to start Linux. |
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| The initial RAM file system. Contains drivers and other files that are needed in the first stages of booting a Linux system. |
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| The central component of the operating system. It manages I/O requests from software and translates them into data processing instructions for the hardware in the computer. |
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| The service manager on RHEL 8. It is the very first process that starts after the kernel has loaded, and it takes care of starting all other processes and services on a Linux system. |
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| In Systemd, a collection of unit files that can be managed together. |
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| An item that is managed by Systemd. |
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| An indication for a Systemd unit file that it is supposed to be started from a specific Systemd target. |
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