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derivations are about data transformation, so the term "build" does not
add any information. there was also some feedback that "build task" is
not more helpful than "derivation" if you have no prior experience with
Nix or build systems, while existing associations may be misleading.
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# Derivations
The most important built-in function is `derivation`, which is used to describe a single derivation:
a build task to run a process on precisely defined input files and repeatably produce output files at uniquely determined file system paths.
a specification for running an executable on precisely defined input files to repeatably produce output files at uniquely determined file system paths.
It takes as input an attribute set, the attributes of which specify the inputs to the build.
It takes as input an attribute set, the attributes of which specify the inputs to the process.
It outputs an attribute set, and produces a [store derivation](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation) as a side effect of evaluation.
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