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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md b/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md index 564667f93..b3e9ea040 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/package-management/terminology.md @@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ commands from the `NixOS/nix` implementation.</sup> directory on another machine, accessed via `ssh` or served by the `nix-serve` Perl script. -A *binary cache* is a remote store which is not the local store of -any machine. Examples of binary caches include S3 buckets and the -[NixOS binary cache](https://cache.nixos.org). Binary caches use a -disk layout that is different from local stores; in particular, they -keep metadata and signatures in `.narinfo` files rather than in -`/nix/var/nix/db`. +A *binary cache* is a specialized Nix store whose metadata and +signatures are kept in `.narinfo` files rather than in the Nix +database. Examples of binary caches include S3 buckets and the +[NixOS binary cache](https://cache.nixos.org). A *substituter* is a store other than `/nix/store` from which Nix will copy a store path instead of building it. Nix will not copy a store |