Files that have the .bb
suffix are
"recipes" files.
In general, a recipe contains information about a single piece
of software.
This information includes the location from which to download
the unaltered source, any source patches to be applied to that
source (if needed), which special configuration options to
apply, how to compile the source files, and how to package the
compiled output.
The term "package" is sometimes used to refer to recipes.
However, since the word "package" is used for the packaged
output from the OpenEmbedded build system (i.e.
.ipk
or .deb
files),
this document avoids using the term "package" when referring
to recipes.