Hello!

I'm confused about fundamental definitions from the manual.

> Possibly one of the most harmless, but certainly by far the biggest binary 
> seed that all software distributions inject are the so [called] bootstrap 
> binary seed. Bootstrap binaries are the initial binary seeds that are used to 
> start building the distribution. -- 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/mes/manual/html_node/Bootstrappable-Builds.html

This definition of bootstrap binary seeds confused me because

- "Binary seed" itself is not defined. After some searching, my understanding 
is that this is a verified binary you inject among source code to produce more 
software. Is that correct?
- it switches from singular to plural form. "The biggest binary seed is the 
bootstrap binary seed", followed by "Bootstrap binaries are the initial binary 
seeds." How do these sentences reconcile?

Also, in reading section 1.4 I didn't come away knowing what a full source 
bootstrap even is. Does that mean you reproduce the hex0 binary, and then use 
progressive stages to eventually reproduce the source code for a version of 
Guix? Or does it mean that you reproduce an exact disk image for an OS for the 
same CPU architecture as the hex program, with a copy of the Guix source ready 
to go on that system?

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