[tor-bugs] #24235 [Metrics/Website]: Explain circuits better in the glossary

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#24235: Explain circuits better in the glossary
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 Reporter:  teor             |          Owner:  teor
     Type:  defect           |         Status:  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium           |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |  Actual Points:  0.1
Parent ID:                   |         Points:  0.1
 Reviewer:                   |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by karsten):

 * status:  needs_review => needs_revision


Comment:

 Can we somehow keep the single-sentence-per-definition format by
 condensing the updated definition into a single sentence? How's
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/karsten/metrics-
 web.git/tree/website/src/main/resources/web/WEB-
 INF/glossary.jsp?h=task-24235&id=ada3782b9c1cb6c954c34c6882f1ec805880bdfb#n44
 this]?

 Oh, and let's not introduce "anonymous circuit" as a term in this
 definition, or we'll have to add a separate definition for that and also
 for non-anonymous circuits.

 (At some point we should consider switching to a Tor-wide glossary. But
 back when we started ours, such a thing did not exist.)

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