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# System semantic conventions

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This document defines semantic conventions for systems (such as processes, runtimes, hardware, etc.).

System semantic conventions are defined for the following metrics:

* [System](system-metrics.md): For standard system metrics.
* [Container](container-metrics.md): For container-related metrics.
* [CPU](cpu-metrics.md): For CPU-related metrics.
* [K8s](k8s-metrics.md): For K8s-related metrics.
* [Hardware](hardware-metrics.md): For hardware-related metrics.
* [Process](process-metrics.md): For standard process metrics.
* [Runtime Environment](/docs/runtime/README.md#metrics): For runtime environment metrics.

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