# home (10-home.com)

Home is where someone lives. It is a place of comfort, family, and belonging. People say they are going home or working from home.

## What a model may hear
- home directory (Unix, Linux, macOS): Resolve to the user's home folder path, often /home/username, and use it as a base for file operations
- home position (robotics, 3D printing, CNC): Return axes to a zero or reference position before or after movement
- home page (web development, browsers): Treat as the default landing page or root URL of a site
- home network (networking, IoT): Assume a private LAN with local IP ranges and relaxed security boundaries
- Home key (keyboards, accessibility): Interpret as a cursor movement command to the start of a line

## Where people and models part ways
- Says: "I need to fix things at home"
  Means: The user has household repairs to do
  May be taken as: The model may offer Linux system administration for the home directory
  Say instead: "I need to fix things around my house"
- Says: "Set home for me"
  Means: The user wants a welcoming starting point
  May be taken as: The model may change environment variables or redirect to a homepage
  Say instead: "Set my default landing page to something welcoming"
- Says: "Go home"
  Means: The user wants to end the conversation or return to a main menu
  May be taken as: The model may trigger a home command in a robot or close a browser tab
  Say instead: "Take me back to the main menu"
- Says: "My home is slow"
  Means: The user's house has poor internet
  May be taken as: The model may diagnose home directory disk usage or network share performance
  Say instead: "My home internet connection is slow"

## Tips
- Say 'my house' or 'where I live' to avoid directory confusion
- Specify 'home page' or 'landing page' when you mean a website start
- Say 'main menu' or 'start over' instead of 'go home' in interfaces
- Add 'internet' or 'Wi-Fi' if you mean home network performance
- Use 'starting position' for robotics or printer contexts

## Often confused with
- house: purely physical dwelling, no technical senses
- root: administrator account or filesystem base, not personal
- base: general starting point, less tied to user identity
- index: default file in a folder, not a place of residence
- origin: mathematical zero point, not a lived space
- dashboard: control panel view, not a domestic place