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Don't use old nomenclature in terminology docs (#12843)
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JenGoldstrich authored Feb 16, 2024
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artifact is a set of AMI IDs (one per region). For the VMware builder, the
artifact is a directory of files comprising the created virtual machine.

- `Builds` are a single task that eventually produces an image for a single
- `Builds` are a single task that eventually produces an artifact for a single
platform. Multiple builds run in parallel. Example usage in a sentence:
"The Packer build produced an AMI to run our web application." Or: "Packer
is running the builds now for VMware, AWS, and VirtualBox."

- `Builders` are components of Packer that are able to create a machine image
for a single platform. Builders read in some configuration and use that to
run and generate a machine image. A builder is invoked as part of a build
in order to create the actual resulting images. Example builders include
in order to create the actual resulting artifacts. Example builders include
VirtualBox, VMware, and Amazon EC2.

- `Commands` are sub-commands for the `packer` program that perform some job.
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- `Provisioners` are components of Packer that install and configure software
within a running machine prior to that machine being turned into a static
image. They perform the major work of making the image contain useful
artifact. They perform the major work of making the artifact contain useful
software. Example provisioners include shell scripts, Chef, Puppet, etc.

- `Templates` are either [HCL](https://packer.io/templates/hcl_templates) or JSON files which
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