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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 10eb344c71..c1e51eac94 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1305,7 +1305,8 @@ store. To instruct the daemon to perform a build action, users actually provide it with a @dfn{derivation}. A derivation is a low-level representation of the build actions to be taken, and the environment in which they should occur---derivations are to package definitions what -assembly is to C programs. +assembly is to C programs. The term ``derivation'' comes from the fact +that build results @emph{derive} from them. This chapter describes all these APIs in turn, starting from high-level package definitions. |