RE: I had to say it because I was afraid no one else would

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

About the term "graceful" as applied to aspects of the operation of
electronic systems, Leonard C. Porrello responded to Patricia:
> Industry standard yes, but it nevertheless evokes the image of a
> ballerina flittering around a computer, gracefully pressing 
> buttons and
> keys between pirouettes, plies, and arabesques.
> 
> For reasons you may be able to guess, we've recently changed "Graceful
> shutdown" to "Normal shutdown."

That's all very fine if that's what you mean.

However, many systems have various modes of shutting down / being shut
down and resuming operation afterward. 

"Normal" implies expected, as in the everyday, usual course of events.

I believe the original discussion point was "graceful recovery", and the
point of that terminology was that a system is sufficiently robust that
it can recover with minimum intervention and minimum damage when it is
subjected to other-than-normal stoppage.  

"Awright, who kicked the power cord again?!"
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