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 % COPYRIGHT
 %
 \thispagestyle{empty}
-\section{Copyright}
+\section*{License}
 TODO: insert GNU's one
 
 %
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 \section*{Abbreviations}
 \begin{tabular}{ll}
 
-\large \textbf{Term}
+\large \textbf{Abbrev.}
 &
 \large \textbf{Definition}
 \\[7pt]
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@
 \large \textbf{Definition}
 \\[7pt]
 
+\raggedright \emph{Block, Sector} 
+&
+The minimal flash erasable unit. \\[4pt]
+
+\raggedright \emph{Eblock}
+&
+JFFS3 may treat several sectors as one eblock. Thus, the minimal
+erasable flash unit from the JFFS3's viewpoint is eblock which consists
+of one or more flash blocks. \\[4pt]
+
 \raggedright \emph{Node} 
 &
 Basic JFFS3 data structure - anything which JFFS3 stores on flash is
@@ -148,6 +158,17 @@
 \end{itemize}
 \end{itemize}
 
+\subsubsection*{JFFS2 correspondence}
+JFFS2 uses checksums to detect errors caused by unclean reboots (unclean
+reboot may happen any time and partially written nodes may
+appear on the flash). JFFS2 treats any checksum error as an error caused by
+unclean reboots and have no general ability to distinguish between
+checksum errors due to physical flash corruptiona and due to unclean
+reboots.
+
+In general, in JFFS3 checksum is not intended to detect errors cased by unclean
+reboots. There is another mechanism exists for this purpose. 
+
 \subsection{Checksum modes}
 Two JFFS3 working modes are defined:
 \begin{enumerate}