nix-super/doc/manual/src/protocols/derivation-aterm.md

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# Derivation on-disk "ATerm" format
For historical reasons, [derivations](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation) are stored on-disk in [ATerm](https://homepages.cwi.nl/~daybuild/daily-books/technology/aterm-guide/aterm-guide.html) format.
Derivations are serialised in the following format:
```
Derive(...)
```