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 {name={callsite-locking}}
 {
-Locking done by the calling routine. With this technique, a routine calling a monitor routine aquires the monitor \emph{before} making the call to the actuall routine.
+Locking done by the calling routine. With this technique, a routine calling a monitor routine will aquire the monitor \emph{before} making the call to the actuall routine.
 }
 
@@ -10 +10 @@
 {name={entry-point-locking}}
 {
-Locking done by the called routine. With this technique, a monitor routine called by another routine aquires the monitor \emph{after} entering the routine body but prior to any other code.
+Locking done by the called routine. With this technique, a monitor routine called by another routine will aquire the monitor \emph{after} entering the routine body but prior to any other code.
 }
 
@@ -22 +22 @@
 {name={multiple-acquisition}}
 {
-Any locking technique that allows a single thread to acquire the same lock multiple times.
+Any locking technique which allow any single thread to acquire a lock multiple times.
 }
 
@@ -35 +35 @@
 {name={user-level thread}}
 {
-Threads created and managed inside user-space. Each thread has its own stack and its own thread of execution. User-level threads are invisible to the underlying operating system.
+Threads created and managed inside user-space. Each thread has its own stack and its own thread of execution. User-level threads are insisible to the underlying operating system.
 
 \textit{Synonyms : User threads, Lightweight threads, Green threads, Virtual threads, Tasks.}
@@ -51 +51 @@
 {name={fiber}}
 {
-Fibers are non-preemptive user-level threads. They share most of the caracteristics of user-level threads except that they cannot be preempted by another fiber.
+Fibers are non-preemptive user-level threads. They share most of the caracteristics of user-level threads except that they cannot be preempted by an other fiber.
 
 \textit{Synonyms : Tasks.}
@@ -59 +59 @@
 {name={job}}
 {
-Unit of work, often sent to a thread pool or worker pool to be executed. Has neither its own stack nor its own thread of execution.
+Unit of work, often send to a thread pool or worker pool to be executed. Has neither its own stack or its own thread of execution.
 
 \textit{Synonyms : Tasks.}
@@ -75 +75 @@
 {name={cluster}}
 {
-A group of \gls{kthread} executed in isolation.
+TBD...
+
+\textit{Synonyms : None.}
+}
+
+\longnewglossaryentry{cfacpu}
+{name={processor}}
+{
+TBD...
 
 \textit{Synonyms : None.}
@@ -83 +91 @@
 {name={thread}}
 {
-User level threads that are the default in \CFA. Generally declared using the \code{thread} keyword.
+TBD...
 
 \textit{Synonyms : None.}
@@ -91 +99 @@
 {name={preemption}}
 {
-Involuntary context switch imposed on threads at a specified rate.
+TBD...
 
 \textit{Synonyms : None.}