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:term:`pipeline`. For a list of accumulator operations, see
:pipeline:`$group`.

action
An operation the user can perform on a resource. Actions and
:term:`resources <resource>` combine to create :term:`privileges
<privilege>`. See :doc:`action </reference/privilege-actions>`.

admin database
A privileged database. Users
must have access to the ``admin`` database to run certain
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a :term:`replica set` are most likely to become :term:`primary`.
See :data:`~local.system.replset.members[n].priority`.

privilege
A combination of specified :term:`resources <resource>` and
:term:`actions <action>` permitted on the resource. For example, a
privilege might be the ability to configure a replica set. See
:ref:`privilege <privileges>`.

projection
A document given to a :term:`query` that specifies which fields
MongoDB returns in the result set. See :ref:`projection`. For a
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physical RAM. Resident memory is a subset of :term:`virtual memory`,
which includes memory mapped to physical RAM and to disk.

resource
A database, collection, set of collections, or cluster. A
:term:`privilege` permits :term:`actions <action>` on a specified
resource. See :ref:`resource <resource-document>`.

REST
An API design pattern centered around the idea of resources and the
:term:`CRUD` operations that apply to them. Typically REST is
implemented over HTTP. MongoDB provides a simple HTTP REST
interface that allows HTTP clients to run commands against the
server. See :ref:`rest-interface` and :ref:`rest-api`.

role
A set of privileges that permit :term:`actions <action>` on specified
:term:`resources <resource>`. Users have roles assigned to them. See
:doc:`/core/security-introduction`.

rollback
A process that reverts writes operations to ensure the consistency
of all replica set members. See :ref:`replica-set-rollback`.
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