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 Installation
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-ShareLaTeX uses a service orientied architecture (SOA) where we have lots of small
+ShareLaTeX uses a service oriented architecture (SOA) where we have lots of small
 APIs that talk to each other over HTTP and Redis pub-sub channels. This repository
 pulls together all of the different services and allows you to set up and run
 them quickly.