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Improve the terminology section

Clarify the text and ensure that the formatting is consistent with the rules set down in other parts of this style guide(!)
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### Terminology
- **contact** - a contact record within CiviCRM
- **organisation/organization** - a non-profit (or other community group,
etc) who is (or could be) using CiviCRM
- **user** - a person who interacts with CiviCRM via the front end
- **site admin** - a staff member (of an organisation) who regularly
administers CiviCRM from the front end. (By definition these people are
also "users".)
- **system administrator** - a technical person who administers CiviCRM from
the back end
- **organisation/organization** - an organisation that uses (or is evaluating) CiviCRM
- **user** - a person who interacts with CiviCRM via the user interface
- **site admin** - a *user* who administers CiviCRM via the administration pages
- **system administrator** - a technical person who administers the CiviCRM system above and beyond the user interface
- **hosting provider**
- In the User Guide - synonymous with *"system administrator"*
- In other guides - a person or company that owns and/or maintains the
server upon which CiviCRM runs
- **developer** - a computer programmer who writes code to improve or extend
the functionality, stability, or security of CiviCRM
- in the User Guide - synonymous with *system administrator*
- in other guides - a person or company that owns and/or maintains the server upon which CiviCRM runs
- **developer** - a computer programmer who writes code to improve or extend the functionality, stability or security of CiviCRM
- **core team**
- In the User Guide - *should be avoided. Use "CiviCRM" or "the CiviCRM
community".*
- In other guides - refers to the
[core team](https://civicrm.org/teams/core-team)
- in the User Guide - *should be avoided* - use "CiviCRM" or "the CiviCRM community"
- in other guides - refers to the [core team](https://civicrm.org/teams/core-team)
### Gender neutrality
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