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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md b/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md index a0aa713f3..81348c570 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Nix consists of hierarchical [layers](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitier_ At the top is the *command line interface*, translating from invocations of Nix executables to interactions with the underlying layers. Below that is the *Nix language*, a [purely functional](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purely_functional_programming) configuration language. -It is used to compose expressions which ultimately evaluate to self-contained *build plans*, used to derive *build results* from referenced *build inputs*. +It is used to compose expressions which ultimately evaluate to self-contained *build rules*, used to derive *build results* from referenced *build inputs*. ::: {.note} The Nix language itself does not have a notion of *packages* or *configurations*. @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ In practice this amounts to a set of files in a file system. The command line and Nix language are what users interact with most. -Underlying everything is the *Nix store*, a mechanism to keep track of build plans, data, and references between them. -It can also execute *build instructions*, captured in the build plans, to produce new data. +Underlying everything is the *Nix store*, a mechanism to keep track of build rules, data, and references between them. +It can also execute *build instructions*, captured in the build rules, to produce new data. +A series of build rules is a *build plan*. |