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367 | section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual. | 367 | section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual. |
368 | 368 | ||
369 | :term:`Task` | 369 | :term:`Task` |
370 | A unit of execution for BitBake (e.g. | 370 | A per-recipe unit of execution for BitBake (e.g. |
371 | :ref:`ref-tasks-compile`, | 371 | :ref:`ref-tasks-compile`, |
372 | :ref:`ref-tasks-fetch`, | 372 | :ref:`ref-tasks-fetch`, |
373 | :ref:`ref-tasks-patch`, and so forth). | 373 | :ref:`ref-tasks-patch`, and so forth). |
374 | One of the major benefits of the build system is that, since each | ||
375 | recipe will typically spawn the execution of numerous tasks, | ||
376 | it is entirely possible that many tasks can execute in parallel, | ||
377 | either tasks from separate recipes or independent tasks within | ||
378 | the same recipe, potentially up to the parallelism of your | ||
379 | build system. | ||
374 | 380 | ||
375 | :term:`Toaster` | 381 | :term:`Toaster` |
376 | A web interface to the Yocto Project's :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System`. | 382 | A web interface to the Yocto Project's :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System`. |