where your source you put... (aka: project root)

cmake configured to...

aka CMakeLists.txt

cmake cache

• contain information regarding how to use the library binaries, headers, and helper tools. Sometimes, they expose CMake macros to use in your project.
• find_package()
• <PackageName>-config.cmake and <PackageName>Config.cmake
  • <Config>Version.cmake

override cmake's default behavior include cache, build, install, test, and package presets

a .cmake can be included/add_subdirectory/executed by cmake

a cmake util package

include (TestBigEndian)

a module can find a cpp lib in your os

FindCURL

a toolchain consists of all of the tools used in building and running the application CXX_STANDARD

propagate properties from source target to dest target

set_property(TARGET ${dest} PROPERTY ${prop} ${val})

a compiler's target or some cmake logical target

• project:

• property:

• config:

• cmake var: var: cache: env:

• generator:

• build system: