# event (0-event.com)

An event is something that happens. It can be a party, a meeting, a concert, or any planned gathering. People also use it for anything notable that occurs, like a storm or a sports championship.

## What a model may hear
- DOM event (web browsers, JavaScript): wait for user actions like clicks or keystrokes, attach listeners, trigger handlers
- event-driven architecture (distributed systems, cloud computing): route messages between services, trigger functions, log state changes
- probability event (statistics, machine learning): treat the word as a set of outcomes, compute likelihoods, condition on occurrences
- calendar event (scheduling software, operating systems): parse start and end times, set reminders, check for conflicts

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "I want to plan an event"
  Means: organize a party or meeting with guests and a venue
  May be taken as: generate code for an event-handling system or database schema
  Say instead: "I want to plan a social gathering with invitations and a venue"
- Says: "The event happened yesterday"
  Means: something notable occurred in real life
  May be taken as: log a system event with a timestamp or trigger a callback
  Say instead: "Something notable occurred in the real world yesterday"
- Says: "Track all events"
  Means: keep a record of things that happen in a business or life
  May be taken as: implement an event-sourcing system or analytics event stream
  Say instead: "Keep a written record of occurrences for later review"
- Says: "Cancel the event"
  Means: call off a planned gathering
  May be taken as: remove an event listener, stop event propagation, or delete a scheduled job
  Say instead: "Call off the planned gathering and notify the guests"

## Tips
- Say 'party,' 'meeting,' or 'conference' instead of 'event' when you mean a social gathering.
- Add 'in my life' or 'in the news' to steer away from technical meanings.
- If you want programming help, say 'browser event' or 'system event' explicitly.
- Say 'occurrence' or 'incident' when you mean something that happened generally.
- Specify 'calendar' or 'schedule' if you mean a time-blocked appointment.

## Often confused with
- incident: implies a problem or disruption, not a planned gathering
- episode: a part of a series, not a one-time happening
- function: in code it is a callable block; in life it is a purpose or social affair
- handler: purely technical: code that responds to an event
- trigger: emphasizes the cause, not the occurrence itself
- occasion: similar to event but less likely to be read as technical