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diff --git a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst index 32658051a..e5a7565df 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst @@ -367,10 +367,16 @@ universal, the list includes them just in case: section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual. :term:`Task` - A unit of execution for BitBake (e.g. + A per-recipe unit of execution for BitBake (e.g. :ref:`ref-tasks-compile`, :ref:`ref-tasks-fetch`, :ref:`ref-tasks-patch`, and so forth). + One of the major benefits of the build system is that, since each + recipe will typically spawn the execution of numerous tasks, + it is entirely possible that many tasks can execute in parallel, + either tasks from separate recipes or independent tasks within + the same recipe, potentially up to the parallelism of your + build system. :term:`Toaster` A web interface to the Yocto Project's :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System`. |