Terminology

Count

Word preceding count is singular. E.g. "word count", "message count" ...

Dates

USA:

Format is (MM.DD.YYYY)

Writing (both are good):

NOTE: put comma before year. - August 1, 2018 - August 1st, 2018

Reading: "August first, 2018"

UK, EU

Format is (DD.MM.YYYY)

Writing and reading, both are good:

NOTE: no comma before year. - 1 August 2018 - 1st August 2018

Reading: "The first of August 2018"

Determiner

Words used in front of nouns to indicate whether:

a. you are referring to something specified XOR b. something of a particular type.

A determiner can be: - an article (a, the) - numeral (one, fifty, one hundred, ...) - possessive (my, his, ...) - quantifier (much, all, any, enough, ...) - predeterminer (what, which, every, ...) - demonstrative (this, that, ...)

Emulator vs Simulator

• Emulator: focus is to build a system used to substitute the real system
• Simulator: focus is to build a system used to model and replicate the real system internals and behaviour. Typically built for study and analysis.

Ground, Earth, Soil, Dirt

• Soil: upper layer of earth in which plants grows
• Ground: surface of the earth

• Dirt: soil that is out of place

• Plant seeds in/into the soil

• Vegetables growing below the ground

Lumber, Timber, Wood

TBD

Numeral

• a symbol, name, or phrase that stands for a number.
• a description of a numerical quantity.

$Number vs numeral vs digit:

• Number: idea (e.g., idea of a quantity, ...)
• Numeral: how a number is written (using digits, words, ...)
• (Numerical) Digit: a single symbol, used to make numerals, that represent numbers