Clarify what a crate is, within the "Getting Started" chapter.

* ref: Issue #30825
Small punctuation change in "Crates and Modules".
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When a project starts getting large, its considered good software
engineering practice to split it up into a bunch of smaller pieces, and then
fit them together. Its also important to have a well-defined interface, so
fit them together. It is also important to have a well-defined interface, so
that some of your functionality is private, and some is public. To facilitate
these kinds of things, Rust has a module system.

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rebuilds your project if theyve changed since the last time you built it.
With simple projects, Cargo doesn't bring a whole lot over just using `rustc`,
but it will become useful in future. With complex projects composed of multiple
crates, its much easier to let Cargo coordinate the build. With Cargo, you can
run `cargo build`, and it should work the right way.
but it will become useful in future. This is especially true when you start
using crates; these are synonymous with a library or package in other
programming languages. For complex projects composed of multiple crates, its
much easier to let Cargo coordinate the build. Using Cargo, you can run `cargo
build`, and it should work the right way.
## Building for Release