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+# Observability
+
+"Observability v2" is considered an evolution of the [Observability-v1
+(or Monitoring)][1] paradigm. The goal of Observability (v1 or v2) is to
+provide understanding of how an application operates at runtime.
+
+As a common shorthand, 
+
+### Definitions
+
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+Certain words have different definitions from their common use in
+conversation.  For the purposes of monitoring and alerting, the
+following definitions apply:
+
+- **Observe**: to understand how an application behaves, with real world
+  use cases.
+- **Monitoring**: the act of collecting information used to _Observe_ an
+  application.
+- **Event**: a record of something which happened, produced by a
+  Monitor.
+  - A monitoring _event_ is not the same as events used in other systems
+    such as Databases, Cloud Providers, Apache Kafka, etc.
+  - Events are records, not signals, and MUST represent something that
+    actually happened.  Such occurrences represent decisions made by the
+    Development, SRE, and Security teams to highlight _meaningful_
+    occurrences.
+
+[1]: monitoring.md