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following ideas found in Architecture of Gazelle[1]

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- [Multi-User Mode](installation/multi-user.md)
- [Environment Variables](installation/env-variables.md)
- [Upgrading Nix](installation/upgrading.md)
- [Design and Data Model](design/design.md)
- [Architecture](architecture/architecture.md)
- [Store](design/store/store.md)
- [Store Objects](design/store/objects.md)
- [Store Paths](design/store/paths.md)

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# Design and Data Model
# Architecture
This chapter is about the technical principles behind Nix.
This chapter describes how Nix works.
It should help users understand why Nix behaves as it does, and it should help developers understand how to modify Nix and how to write similar tools.
## Architecture
## Overview
Nix consists of hierarchical [layers](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitier_architecture#Layers).