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documentation: dev-manual - First re-write of "Package" term. 

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Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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with OpenEmbedded (OE) that is shared between OE and the Yocto Project.
This metadata is found in the <filename>meta</filename> directory of the source
directory.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Package:</emphasis> The packaged output from a baked recipe.
<listitem><para><emphasis>Package:</emphasis> In the context of the Yocto Project,
this term refers to the packaged output from a baked recipe.
A package is generally the compiled binaries produced from the recipe's sources.
You ‘bake’ something by running it through BitBake.</para></listitem>
You ‘bake’ something by running it through BitBake.</para>
<para>It is worth noting that the term "package" can, in general, have subtle
meanings. For example, the packages refered to in the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;#packages'>The Packages</ulink>" section are
compiled binaries that when installed add functionality to your Linux
distribution.</para>
<para>Another point worth noting is that historically within the Yocto Project,
recipes were referred to as packages - thus, the existence of several BitBake
variables that are seemingly mis-named,
(e.g. <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PR'><filename>PR</filename></ulink>,
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PRINC'><filename>PRINC</filename></ulink>,
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PV'><filename>PV</filename></ulink>, and
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PE'><filename>PE</filename></ulink>).
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para id='poky'><emphasis>Poky:</emphasis> The term "poky" can mean several things.
In its most general sence, it is an open-source project that was initially developed
by OpenedHand. With OpenedHand, poky was developed off of the existing OpenEmbedded