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Expand Up @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Before proceeding, it is highly recommended that one reads about [ownership][own

## `Box<T>`

[`Box<T>`][box] is pointer which is &ldquo;owned&rdquo;, or a &ldquo;box&rdquo;. While it can hand
out references to the contained data, it is the only owner of the data. In particular, when
something like the following occurs:
[`Box<T>`][box] is an &ldquo;owned&rdquo; pointer, or a &ldquo;box&rdquo;. While it can hand
out references to the contained data, it is the only owner of the data. In particular, consider
the following:

```rust
let x = Box::new(1);
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[box]: ../std/boxed/struct.Box.html

## `&T` and `&mut T`
## `&T` and `&mut T`

These are immutable and mutable references respectively. They follow the &ldquo;read-write lock&rdquo;
pattern, such that one may either have only one mutable reference to some data, or any number of
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