Should "system name" or "machine name" be used for non-human readable names?

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Posted by xano on December 5, 2008 at 11:27pm
"System name"
77% (10 votes)
'Machine name"
23% (3 votes)
Total votes: 13
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Mu

Posted by yoroy on December 6, 2008 at 12:17am
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As any of the names already suggest, humans should not have to be confronted with these labels at all. Keep them out of sight as much as possible. This is part of the below-the-surface plumbing, not of the UI-surface.

Yes, but in some cases

Posted by xano on December 6, 2008 at 9:08am
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Yes, but in some cases Drupal requires administrators to enter a system/machine name. I am trying to find a general name for this, so core and contrib can be consistent in how they call it.

yep

Posted by yoroy on December 6, 2008 at 9:23am
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"Machine" sounds very 19th century don't you think?

It is a bit steam-punkish,

Posted by keith.smith on December 6, 2008 at 2:36pm
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It is a bit steam-punkish, yes.

I uaually replace the text

Posted by skilip on December 6, 2008 at 11:38am
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I uaually replace the text with "unique identifier", followed by the valid patterns, but system sounds more reasonable than machine IMO.

I'm all for unique identifier

Posted by barraponto on November 9, 2011 at 5:53pm
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I'm all for unique identifier too.

Have we agreed on a naming

Posted by xano on February 18, 2011 at 10:01pm
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Have we agreed on a naming convention already?

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