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Clarification of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" Section 4.3.3.2

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I wish to 'manually copy files to the USB stick — the flexible way'.
I will be using either
    debian-9.4.0-i386-netinst.iso
or
    a purchased DVD-1 of Debian 9.1.0


Section 4.3.3.2 says in part:
> Mount the partition (mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt) and copy the following
> installer image files to the stick:
> 
>     vmlinuz or linux (kernel binary)
> 
>     initrd.gz (initial ramdisk image)
> 
> You can choose between either the text-based or the graphical version
> of the installer. The latter can be found in the gtk subdirectory. If
> you want to rename the files, please note that syslinux can only process
> DOS (8.3) file names. 

In both sources I find a file named "vmlinuz".
In neither source do I find a file named simply "linux".
I do find "isolinux.bin" in both sources.

What are the difference among those three.
Which should I use?

TIA

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Clarification of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" Section  4.3.3.2 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-04-03 13:10 +0200
  Re: Clarification of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" Section 4.3.3.2 "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-04-03 14:10 +0200
    Re: Clarification of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" Section 4.3.3.2 "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-04-03 14:20 +0200

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