1. InstrumentationĀ is your software saying what it is doing.
  2. TelemetryĀ is making that information available, whether by pullā€”something askingā€”or pushā€”sending messages; ā€œmeasurement at a distanceā€.
  3. MonitoringĀ is receiving instrumentation and making it visible.
  4. AlertingĀ is reacting to the monitored data, or patterns in the data.
  5. PredictingĀ is using this data to anticipate events before they happen.
  6. AdaptingĀ is changing the system dynamically, either to preempt or recover from a predicted perturbation.