# event (1-event.org)

An event is something that happens. A party, a meeting, a concert, or any planned gathering. People say 'event' when they mean a real-world occasion they want to attend, organize, or learn about.

## What a model may hear
- DOM event (web browsers and JavaScript): wait for a user click, keypress, or page load and run code in response
- cloud event (serverless computing and AWS/Azure/GCP): trigger a function or workflow when something happens in infrastructure
- probability event (statistics and machine learning): treat the word as an outcome space or random variable condition
- event sourcing (software architecture): store every state change as an immutable record for replay or audit
- calendar event (productivity software): parse it as a structured object with start time, end time, and attendees

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "What events are happening this weekend?"
  Means: concerts, festivals, or local happenings
  May be taken as: returns JavaScript event types or cloud trigger documentation
  Say instead: "What local events or community gatherings are happening this weekend?"
- Says: "Handle the event"
  Means: manage the party or meeting
  May be taken as: writes event listener code or error handler
  Say instead: "Manage the logistics for the gathering"
- Says: "Log all events"
  Means: keep a record of what occurred at the conference
  May be taken as: implements event sourcing architecture or system event logging
  Say instead: "Keep a written record of everything that happened at the conference"
- Says: "The event was triggered"
  Means: someone set off the alarm or started the ceremony
  May be taken as: assumes a software trigger fired and debugs code flow
  Say instead: "The alarm went off"

## Tips
- Say 'gathering,' 'party,' or 'meeting' if you mean a social occasion.
- Add 'web' or 'browser' if you do mean a DOM event.
- Say 'triggered the function' instead of 'event' for cloud computing.
- Use 'incident' or 'occurrence' when you mean something that happened generally.
- Specify 'calendar' or 'schedule' if you want help planning a date.

## Often confused with
- incident: unplanned problem, not a planned gathering
- episode: part of a series, often broadcast
- occasion: special or ceremonial, less technical overlap
- function: in code, a callable block; in social use, a large formal event
- handler: always technical, the code that responds to an event
- trigger: the cause in both worlds, but purely technical in databases