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Merge pull request #403 from wmortada/patch-5
Improve the terminology section
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### Terminology
### Terminology
-
**contact**
- a contact record within CiviCRM
-
**contact**
- a contact record within CiviCRM
-
**organisation/organization**
- a non-profit (or other community group,
-
**organisation/organization**
- an organisation that uses (or is evaluating) CiviCRM
etc) who is (or could be) using CiviCRM
-
**user**
- a person who interacts with CiviCRM via the user interface
-
**user**
- a person who interacts with CiviCRM via the front end
-
**site admin**
- a
*user*
who administers CiviCRM via the administration pages
-
**site admin**
- a staff member (of an organisation) who regularly
-
**system administrator**
- a technical person who administers the CiviCRM system above and beyond the user interface
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
-
**hosting provider**
-
**hosting provider**
-
In the User Guide - synonymous with
*"system administrator"*
-
in the User Guide - synonymous with
*system administrator*
-
In other guides - a person or company that owns and/or maintains the
-
in other guides - a person or company that owns and/or maintains the server upon which CiviCRM runs
server upon which CiviCRM runs
-
**developer**
- a computer programmer who writes code to improve or extend the functionality, stability or security of CiviCRM
-
**developer**
- a computer programmer who writes code to improve or extend
the functionality, stability, or security of CiviCRM
-
**core team**
-
**core team**
-
In the User Guide -
*
should be avoided. Use "CiviCRM" or "the CiviCRM
-
in the User Guide -
*should be avoided*
- use "CiviCRM" or "the CiviCRM community"
community".
*
-
in other guides - refers to the
[
core team
](
https://civicrm.org/teams/core-team
)
-
In other guides - refers to the
[
core team
](
https://civicrm.org/teams/core-team
)
### Gender neutrality
### Gender neutrality
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