\input notes.tex
\input terms.tex

This is some text which includes {\bf Donald E. Knuth}
\term{D.E. Knuth}{The computer scientist who created \TeX}%
and \TeX.
\term{\TeX}{a computer typesetting system built for efficiency and ease of use}

And at the end of the section are some terms.
\maketerms \smallskip\hrule\smallskip

Because that empties out the terms, \term{word}{a basic component of most human languages}
there will only be new terms in it. See below.

\maketerms

\bye