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A derivation can be thought of as a [pure function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_function) that produces new files from existing files, taking into account how these files refer to each other.
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In Nix, linked files are represented as [store objects][store object].
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A derivation can be thought of as a [pure function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_function) that produces new [store objects][store object] from existing store objects.
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Derivations are implemented as [operating system processes that run in a sandbox](@docroot@/store/building.md#builder-execution).
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This sandbox by default only allows reading from store objects specified as inputs, and only allows writing to designated [outputs][output] to be [captured as store objects](@docroot@/store/building.md#processing-outputs).
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How exactly to invoke such an isolated process is encoded in a [store derivation].
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