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+Process Initialization
+======================
+
+This chapter describes the NSPR API for versioning, process
+initialization, and shutdown of NSPR.
+
+- `Identity and Versioning <#Identity_and_Versioning>`__
+- `Initialization and Cleanup <#Initialization_and_Cleanup>`__
+- `Module Initialization <#Module_Initialization>`__
+
+.. _Identity_and_Versioning:
+
+Identity and Versioning
+-----------------------
+
+.. _Name_and_Version_Constants:
+
+Name and Version Constants
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+ - :ref:`PR_NAME`
+ - :ref:`PR_VERSION`
+ - :ref:`PR_VersionCheck`
+
+.. _Initialization_and_Cleanup:
+
+Initialization and Cleanup
+--------------------------
+
+NSPR detects whether the library has been initialized and performs
+implicit initialization if it hasn't. Implicit initialization should
+suffice unless a program has specific sequencing requirements or needs
+to characterize the primordial thread. Explicit initialization is rarely
+necessary.
+
+Implicit initialization assumes that the initiator is the primordial
+thread and that the thread is a user thread of normal priority.
+
+ - :ref:`PR_Init`
+ - :ref:`PR_Initialize`
+ - :ref:`PR_Initialized`
+ - :ref:`PR_Cleanup`
+ - :ref:`PR_DisableClockInterrupts`
+ - :ref:`PR_BlockClockInterrupts`
+ - :ref:`PR_UnblockClockInterrupts`
+ - :ref:`PR_SetConcurrency`
+ - :ref:`PR_ProcessExit`
+ - :ref:`PR_Abort`
+
+.. _Module_Initialization:
+
+Module Initialization
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Initialization can be tricky in a threaded environment, especially
+initialization that must happen exactly once. :ref:`PR_CallOnce` ensures
+that such initialization code is called only once. This facility is
+recommended in situations where complicated global initialization is
+required.
+
+ - :ref:`PRCallOnceType`
+ - :ref:`PRCallOnceFN`
+ - :ref:`PR_CallOnce`