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diff --git a/docs/contributing/style-guide.md b/docs/contributing/style-guide.md index 997bc61a8..359befeb9 100644 --- a/docs/contributing/style-guide.md +++ b/docs/contributing/style-guide.md @@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ the sentence is action. In passive voice, the subject is acted upon. A famous ex | | | |-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -| Not recommended | When an alarm is triggered by a metric, a notification is sent by Netdata. | -| **Recommended** | When a metric triggers an alarm, Netdata sends a notification to your preferred endpoint. | +| Not recommended | When an alert is triggered by a metric, a notification is sent by Netdata. | +| **Recommended** | When a metric triggers an alert, Netdata sends a notification to your preferred endpoint. | ### Second person @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ The following tables describe the standard spelling, capitalization, and usage o | Term | Definition | |-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | **claimed node** | A node that you've proved ownership of by completing the [connecting to Cloud process](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/claim/README.md). The claimed node will then appear in your Space and any War Rooms you added it to. | -| **Netdata** | The company behind the open-source Netdata Agent and the Netdata Cloud web application. Never use _netdata_ or _NetData_. <br /><br />In general, focus on the user's goals, actions, and solutions rather than what the company provides. For example, write _Learn more about enabling alarm notifications on your preferred platforms_ instead of _Netdata sends alarm notifications to your preferred platforms_. | +| **Netdata** | The company behind the open-source Netdata Agent and the Netdata Cloud web application. Never use _netdata_ or _NetData_. <br /><br />In general, focus on the user's goals, actions, and solutions rather than what the company provides. For example, write _Learn more about enabling alert notifications on your preferred platforms_ instead of _Netdata sends alert notifications to your preferred platforms_. | | **Netdata Agent** | The free and open source [monitoring agent](https://github.com/netdata/netdata) that you can install on all of your distributed systems, whether they're physical, virtual, containerized, ephemeral, and more. The Agent monitors systems running Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, macOS, FreeBSD, and more, and collects metrics from hundreds of popular services and applications. | | **Netdata Cloud** | The web application hosted at [https://app.netdata.cloud](https://app.netdata.cloud) that helps you monitor an entire infrastructure of distributed systems in real time. <br /><br />Never use _Cloud_ without the preceding _Netdata_ to avoid ambiguity. | | **Netdata community forum** | The Discourse-powered forum for feature requests, Netdata Cloud technical support, and conversations about Netdata's monitoring and troubleshooting products. | @@ -478,12 +478,12 @@ The following tables describe the standard spelling, capitalization, and usage o | **Space** | The highest level container within Netdata Cloud for a user to organize their team members and nodes within their infrastructure. A Space likely represents an entire organization or a large team. <br /><br />_Space_ is always capitalized. | | **unreachable node** | A connected node with a disrupted [Agent-Cloud link](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/aclk/README.md). Unreachable could mean the node no longer exists or is experiencing network connectivity issues with Cloud. | | **visited node** | A node which has had its Agent dashboard directly visited by a user. A list of these is maintained on a per-user basis. | -| **War Room** | A smaller grouping of nodes where users can view key metrics in real-time and monitor the health of many nodes with their alarm status. War Rooms can be used to organize nodes in any way that makes sense for your infrastructure, such as by a service, purpose, physical location, and more. <br /><br />_War Room_ is always capitalized. | +| **War Room** | A smaller grouping of nodes where users can view key metrics in real-time and monitor the health of many nodes with their alert status. War Rooms can be used to organize nodes in any way that makes sense for your infrastructure, such as by a service, purpose, physical location, and more. <br /><br />_War Room_ is always capitalized. | ### Other technical terms -| Term | Definition | -|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -| **filesystem** | Use instead of _file system_. | -| **preconfigured** | The concept that many of Netdata's features come with sane defaults that users don't need to configure to find immediate value. | -| **real time**/**real-time** | Use _real time_ as a noun phrase, most often with _in_: _Netdata collects metrics in real time_. Use _real-time_ as an adjective: _Netdata collects real-time metrics from hundreds of supported applications and services. | +| Term | Definition | +|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| **filesystem** | Use instead of _file system_. | +| **preconfigured** | The concept that many of Netdata's features come with sane defaults that users don't need to configure to find immediate value. | +| **real time**/**real-time** | Use _real time_ as a noun phrase, most often with _in_: _Netdata collects metrics in real time_. Use _real-time_ as an adjective: _Netdata collects real-time metrics from hundreds of supported applications and services. | |