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[Hadoop Wiki] Update of "ZooKeeper/Glossary" by PatrickHunt

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==Glossary of ZooKeeper Terms==

 * Ensemble : group of cooperating ZooKeeper server instances
 * Quorum : a minimum subset of the ensemble necessary, for example, to commit an operation or to support a leader. In our case, a quorum is always a majority of servers of the ensemble.