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index 221869799d..e4f3a06cc5 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ true</pre>
<taglist>
<tag><c>file</c></tag>
<item>The second element of the tuple is a string (list of
- characters) representing the filename of the source file
+ characters) representing the file name of the source file
of the function.
</item>
<tag><c>line</c></tag>
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ true</pre>
groups have a <em>group leader</em>. All I/O from the group
is channeled to the group leader. When a new process is
spawned, it gets the same group leader as the spawning
- process. Initially, at system startup, <c>init</c> is both
+ process. Initially, at system start-up, <c>init</c> is both
its own group leader and the group leader of all processes.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
</note>
<p>Loads and links a dynamic library containing native
implemented functions (NIFs) for a module. <c><anno>Path</anno></c>
- is a file path to the sharable object/dynamic library file minus
+ is a file path to the shareable object/dynamic library file minus
the OS-dependent file extension (<c>.so</c> for Unix and
<c>.dll</c> for Windows. For information on how to
implement a NIF library, see
@@ -2804,7 +2804,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<tag><c>badarg</c></tag>
<item>
If <c><anno>Type</anno></c> is not one of the memory types
- listed in the decription of
+ listed in the description of
<seealso marker="#memory/0">erlang:memory/0</seealso>.
</item>
<tag><c>badarg</c></tag>
@@ -3012,7 +3012,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
</taglist>
<p>Making several calls to <c>monitor/2</c> for the same
<c><anno>Item</anno></c> and/or <c><anno>Type</anno></c> is not
- an error; it results in as many independent monitorings.</p>
+ an error; it results in as many independent monitoring instances.</p>
<p>The monitor functionality is expected to be extended. That is,
other <c><anno>Type</anno></c>s and <c><anno>Item</anno></c>s
are expected to be supported in a future release.</p>
@@ -3034,7 +3034,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
is <c>false</c>, monitoring is turned off.</p>
<p>Making several calls to <c>monitor_node(Node, true)</c> for
the same <c><anno>Node</anno></c> is not an error; it results
- in as many independent monitorings.</p>
+ in as many independent monitoring instances.</p>
<p>If <c><anno>Node</anno></c> fails or does not exist, the message
<c>{nodedown, Node}</c> is delivered to the process. If a
process has made two calls to <c>monitor_node(Node, true)</c>
@@ -3256,8 +3256,8 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
process.</p>
<p>The name of the executable as well as the arguments
given in <c>cd</c>, <c>env</c>, <c>args</c>, and <c>arg0</c> are
- subject to Unicode filename translation if the system is running
- in Unicode filename mode. To avoid
+ subject to Unicode file name translation if the system is running
+ in Unicode file name mode. To avoid
translation or to force, for example UTF-8, supply the executable
and/or arguments as a binary in the correct
encoding. For details, see the module
@@ -3267,7 +3267,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
User's Guide.</p>
<note><p>The characters in the name (if given as a list) can
only be higher than 255 if the Erlang Virtual Machine is started
- in Unicode filename translation mode. Otherwise the name
+ in Unicode file name translation mode. Otherwise the name
of the executable is limited to the ISO-latin-1
character set.</p></note>
<p><c><anno>PortName</anno></c> can be any of the following:</p>
@@ -3280,7 +3280,7 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
runs outside the Erlang work space unless an Erlang
driver with the name <c><anno>Command</anno></c> is found.
If found, that driver is started. A driver runs in the Erlang
- workspace, which means that it is linked with the Erlang
+ work space, which means that it is linked with the Erlang
runtime system.</p>
<p>When starting external programs on Solaris, the system
call <c>vfork</c> is used in preference to <c>fork</c>
@@ -3296,8 +3296,8 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
token of the command is considered as the
name of the executable (or driver). This (among other
things) makes this option unsuitable for running
- programs having spaces in filenames or directory names.
- If spaces in executable filenames are desired, use
+ programs having spaces in file names or directory names.
+ If spaces in executable file names are desired, use
<c>{spawn_executable, <anno>Command</anno>}</c> instead.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{spawn_driver, <anno>Command</anno>}</c></tag>
@@ -3408,14 +3408,14 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
other platforms, a similar behavior is mimicked.</p>
<p>The arguments are not expanded by the shell before
being supplied to the executable. Most notably this
- means that file wildcard expansion does not happen.
- To expand wildcards for the arguments, use
+ means that file wild card expansion does not happen.
+ To expand wild cards for the arguments, use
<seealso marker="stdlib:filelib#wildcard/1">filelib:wildcard/1</seealso>.
Notice that even if
the program is a Unix shell script, meaning that the
- shell ultimately is invoked, wildcard expansion
+ shell ultimately is invoked, wild card expansion
does not happen, and the script is provided with the
- untouched arguments. On Windows, wildcard expansion
+ untouched arguments. On Windows, wild card expansion
is always up to the program itself, therefore this is
not an issue issue.</p>
<p>The executable name (also known as <c>argv[0]</c>)
@@ -4313,8 +4313,8 @@ os_prompt% </pre>
<c>high</c> are selected for execution. As with priority
<c>high</c>, processes on lower priorities can
execute in parallel with processes on priority <c>max</c>.</p>
- <p>Scheduling is pre-emptive. Regardless of priority, a process
- is pre-empted when it has consumed more than a certain number
+ <p>Scheduling is preemptive. Regardless of priority, a process
+ is preempted when it has consumed more than a certain number
of reductions since the last time it was selected for
execution.</p>
<note>
@@ -5120,7 +5120,7 @@ true</pre>
<p>
Starts a timer. When the timer expires, the message
<c><anno>Msg</anno></c> is sent to the process
- identified by <c><anno>Dest</anno></c>. Appart from
+ identified by <c><anno>Dest</anno></c>. Apart from
the format of the timeout message,
<c>erlang:send_after/4</c> works exactly as
<seealso marker="#start_timer/4"><c>erlang:start_timer/4</c></seealso>.</p>
@@ -7067,21 +7067,21 @@ ok
introduced in the future:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>{function, Function}</c></tag>
- <item><p><c>Function</c> is the name of the funcion
+ <item><p><c>Function</c> is the name of the function
used. This tuple always exist if OS monotonic time is
available to the runtime system.</p></item>
<tag><c>{clock_id, ClockId}</c></tag>
<item><p>This tuple only exist if <c>Function</c>
can be used with different clocks. <c>ClockId</c>
- corresponds to the clock identifer used when calling
+ corresponds to the clock identifier used when calling
<c>Function</c>.</p></item>
<tag><c>{resolution, OsMonotonicTimeResolution}</c></tag>
<item><p>Highest possible
<seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Resolution">resolution</seealso>
of current OS monotonic time source as parts per
- second. If no resolution information can be retreived
+ second. If no resolution information can be retrieved
from the OS, <c>OsMonotonicTimeResolution</c> is
set to the resolution of the time unit of
<c>Function</c>s return value. That is, the actual
@@ -7135,14 +7135,14 @@ ok
<tag><c>{clock_id, ClockId}</c></tag>
<item><p>This tuple only exist if <c>Function</c>
can be used with different clocks. <c>ClockId</c>
- corresponds to the clock identifer used when calling
+ corresponds to the clock identifier used when calling
<c>Function</c>.</p></item>
<tag><c>{resolution, OsSystemTimeResolution}</c></tag>
<item><p>Highest possible
<seealso marker="time_correction#Time_Resolution">resolution</seealso>
of current OS system time source as parts per
- second. If no resolution information can be retreived
+ second. If no resolution information can be retrieved
from the OS, <c>OsSystemTimeResolution</c> is
set to the resolution of the time unit of
<c>Function</c>s return value. That is, the actual
@@ -7654,9 +7654,8 @@ ok
<p>If a process is put into or removed from the run queue, a
message, <c>{profile, Pid, State, Mfa, Ts}</c>, is sent to
<c><anno>ProfilerPid</anno></c>. Running processes that
- are reinserted
- into the run queue after having been pre-emptively
- scheduled out do not trigger this message.</p>
+ are reinserted into the run queue after having been
+ preempted do not trigger this message.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>runnable_ports</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -8341,7 +8340,7 @@ timestamp() ->
</taglist>
<p>To get information about a function, <c>PidOrFunc</c> is to
be the three-element tuple <c>{Module, Function, Arity}</c> or
- the atom <c>on_load</c>. No wildcards are allowed. Returns
+ the atom <c>on_load</c>. No wild cards are allowed. Returns
<c>undefined</c> if the function does not exist, or
<c>false</c> if the function is not traced.</p>
<p>The following <c>Item</c>s are valid::</p>
@@ -8457,7 +8456,7 @@ timestamp() ->
<c>{Module, Function, Arity}</c>, or the atom <c>on_load</c>
(described in the following). It can be the module, function,
and arity for a function (or a BIF in any module).
- The atom <c>'_'</c> can be used as a wildcard in any of the
+ The atom <c>'_'</c> can be used as a wild card in any of the
following ways:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>{Module,Function,'_'}</c></tag>
@@ -8475,7 +8474,7 @@ timestamp() ->
</item>
</taglist>
<p>Other combinations, such as <c>{Module,'_',Arity}</c>, are
- not allowed. Local functions match wildcards only if
+ not allowed. Local functions match wild cards only if
option <c>local</c> is in <c><anno>FlagList</anno></c>.</p>
<p>If argument <c><anno>MFA</anno></c> is the atom <c>on_load</c>,
the match specification and flag list are used on all
@@ -8722,7 +8721,7 @@ timestamp() ->
<tag>positive</tag>
<item><p>Return only positive integers.</p>
<p>Note that by passing the <c>positive</c> modifier
- you will get heap allocated integers (big-nums)
+ you will get heap allocated integers (bignums)
quicker.</p>
</item>
@@ -8758,7 +8757,7 @@ timestamp() ->
are ignored.</p>
<note><p>Note that the set of integers returned by
- <c>unique_integer/1</c> using diffrent sets of
+ <c>unique_integer/1</c> using different sets of
<c><anno>Modifier</anno></c>s <em>will overlap</em>.
For example, by calling <c>unique_integer([monotonic])</c>,
and <c>unique_integer([positive, monotonic])</c>