i was reading about response factors in GC and i encountered the term area count, I was wondering if anyone can explain it to me, i have a general idea about the meaning but i'm not sure. does area mean the little segments to which a peak is divided during integration?or does it mean something else? the text is as follows

To use this response factor in correlating values reported by the GC instrument into true abundances, imagine that a sample containing only 2-butanol and 1-heptanol is reported by the GC to be 30% 1-heptanol (30 area counts of 1-heptanol for every 70 area counts of 2-butanol). As 1-heptanol is 3.86 times more responsive than 2-butanol, the true area counts would be more accurately represented as 30 / 3.86 = 7.77 area counts of 1-heptanol for every 70 area counts by 2-butanol.

thanks in advance