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<td valign="top"><h1>Definition of terms used in Munin</h1></td>
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<td valign="top" align="left"><a id="data_types">Data types:</a></td>
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<td valign="top" align="left">– <a id="gauge">Gauge</a></td>
<td valign="top" align="left">A data source of type gauge shows the state of the data source at the
exact moment that Munin is run (every 5 minutes). Any peaks in-between data gatherings, will not be in
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<td valign="top" align="left">– <a id="counter">Counter</a></td>
<td valign="top" align="left">A data source of type counter shows the state of the data source as an
average between two plots (i.e. 5 minutes). Short peaks will therefore be hard to spot, but long peaks
will be spottable, even though it occurs between plots.</td>
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<td valign="top" align="left">– <a id="derive">Derive</a></td>
<td valign="top" align="left">For the purposes of viewing data, the derive type works the same way as a
counter</td>
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<td valign="top" align="left">– <a id="absolute">Absolute</a></td>
<td valign="top" align="left">Absolute works much as a counter, with the exception that it is assumed
that the counter value is set to 0 upon each read of it. It's not a good idea to run these plugins by
hand in-between Munin runs, since Munin won't receive all the data it expects.</td>
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