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doc/glossary: Define impure derivation

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builder can rely on external inputs such as the network or the
system time) but the Nix model assumes it.
- [impure derivation]{#gloss-impure-derivation}
[An experimental feature](#@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-impure-derivations) that allows derivations to be explicitly marked as impure,
so that they are always rebuilt, and their outputs not reused by subsequent calls to realise them.
- [Nix database]{#gloss-nix-database}
An SQlite database to track [reference]s between [store object]s.