# org (10-org.org)

Short for organization. People say it to mean a group, a company, a nonprofit, or any body that does something together. It is the ending of many web addresses for groups that are not businesses.

## What a model may hear
- top-level domain (internet standards and DNS): treat the input as a website or domain name, or expect registration data
- Java package (Java and Android code): assume a reverse-domain naming like org.apache, or look for a library in that namespace
- file extension (Emacs and some document systems): expect an outline or notes file in Org mode format
- biological taxonomy (genetics and bioinformatics databases): read it as organism or expect a species identifier

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "Find me the org"
  Means: Look up a nonprofit group
  May be taken as: Return DNS records for .org domains or parse it as a code package
  Say instead: "Find information about the nonprofit organization named..."
- Says: "Open my org file"
  Means: Open my notes
  May be taken as: Look for a file with .org extension and try to render Org mode syntax
  Say instead: "Open my notes file"
- Says: "Who runs that org"
  Means: Who leads the group
  May be taken as: Query WHOIS data for the .org domain
  Say instead: "Who leads the organization"

## Tips
- Say organization if you mean a group, not a website.
- Say Org mode if you mean the Emacs format.
- Give the full name of the group, not just org.
- Say dot org if you mean the web address ending.
- Say Java package if you mean the code namespace.

## Often confused with
- com: business domain, not organization
- net: network domain, broader than groups
- org mode: specific Emacs format, not any group
- organism: living thing, not a human group
- org chart: diagram of roles, not the group itself