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Clarify "automatic instrumentation" term (#2700)
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pellared committed Jul 28, 2022
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### Automatic Instrumentation

Refers to telemetry collection methods that do not require the end-user to write or access application code to use the OpenTelemetry APIs. Methods vary by programming language, and examples include bytecode injection or monkey patching.
Refers to telemetry collection methods that do not require the end-user to modify application's source code.
Methods vary by programming language, and examples include bytecode injection or monkey patching.

Synonym: *Auto-instrumentation*.

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