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documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml: Updated term list. 

I added a reference to the Image appendix for the description of
images.  Also, added a new term "meta-toolchain."

(From yocto-docs rev: a9c1110ec7499afa669416c00bc81573fcbf920d)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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with BitBake (baked) and made part of a root filesystem. with BitBake (baked) and made part of a root filesystem.
Images are both the binary output that runs on specific hardware and for specific Images are both the binary output that runs on specific hardware and for specific
use cases as well as a metadata recipe that BitBake processes to generate the use cases as well as a metadata recipe that BitBake processes to generate the
binary output.</para></listitem> binary output.
For a list of the supported image types that the Yocto Project provides, see the
<ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html#ref-images'>
Reference: Images</ulink> appendix in
<ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1/poky-ref-manual/poky-ref-manual.html'>
The Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Recipe</emphasis> - A set of instructions for building packages. <listitem><para><emphasis>Recipe</emphasis> - A set of instructions for building packages.
A recipe describes where you get source code and which patches to apply. A recipe describes where you get source code and which patches to apply.
Recipes describe dependencies for libraries or for other recipes and they Recipes describe dependencies for libraries or for other recipes and they
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<listitem><para><emphasis>Metadata</emphasis> - A term used throughout the Yocto Project <listitem><para><emphasis>Metadata</emphasis> - A term used throughout the Yocto Project
documentation that refers to the files that BitBake parses when building an image. documentation that refers to the files that BitBake parses when building an image.
Metadata includes recipes, classes, and configuration files.</para></listitem> Metadata includes recipes, classes, and configuration files.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Meta-Toolchain</emphasis> - A collection of software development
tools and utilities that allow you to develop software for targeted architectures.
These toolchains contain cross-compilers, linkers, and debuggers that are specific to
an architecure.
You can use the Yocto Project to build meta-toolchains in tarball form that when
unpacked contain the development tools you need to cross-compile and test your software.
The Yocto Project ships with images that contain toolchains for supported architectures
as well.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Configuration File</emphasis>: Configuration information in the <listitem><para><emphasis>Configuration File</emphasis>: Configuration information in the
<filename>.conf</filename> files provides global definitions of variables. <filename>.conf</filename> files provides global definitions of variables.
The <filename>build/conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file defines user-defined variables The <filename>build/conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file defines user-defined variables