@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ call. The format of the response is the following:
127127      "label":         <-- HOW THE PORT IS DISPLAYED ON THE GUI 
128128      "protocol":      <-- THE PROTOCOL USED BY THE BOARD 
129129      "protocolLabel": <-- HOW THE PROTOCOL IS DISPLAYED ON THE GUI 
130-       "hardwareId":    <-- A STRING THAT UNIQUELY IDENTIFIES A BOARD SAMPLE  
130+       "hardwareId":    <-- A STRING THAT UNIQUELY IDENTIFIES A BOARD INSTANCE  
131131      "properties": { 
132132                       <-- A LIST OF PROPERTIES OF THE PORT 
133133      } 
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ Each port has:
148148  ` SSH on 192.168.10.100 ` )
149149-  ` protocol `  is the protocol identifier (such as ` serial `  or ` dfu `  or ` ssh ` )
150150-  ` protocolLabel `  is the ` protocol `  in human readable form (for example ` Serial port `  or ` DFU USB `  or ` Network (ssh) ` )
151- -  ` hardwareId `  (optional) a string that uniquely identify  a specific board sample  (even among other boards of the same 
152-   model). Different ports with the same ` hardwareId `  must belong to the same board sample . The identifier should be 
153-   sufficiently long to uniquely identify the board sample  and reduce the probability of collisions. Good examples of 
154-   ` hardwareId `  values are: Ethernet MAC Address, USB Serial Number, CPU-ID number, etc.
151+ -  ` hardwareId `  (optional) a string that uniquely identifies  a specific board instance  (even among other boards of the
152+   same  model). Different ports with the same ` hardwareId `  must belong to the same board instance . The identifier should
153+   be  sufficiently long to uniquely identify the board instance  and reduce the probability of collisions. Good examples
154+   of  ` hardwareId `  values are: Ethernet MAC Address, USB Serial Number, CPU-ID number, etc.
155155
156156  This value ** should not**  be used to identify the board ** model**  (see the
157157  [ board identification] ( #board-identification )  section for more information about identification of the board model).
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ In this case the serial port metadata comes from a USB serial converter. Inside
185185properties of the port, and some of them may be useful for product identification (in this case only USB VID/PID is
186186useful to identify the board model).
187187
188- The ` hardwareId `  field is populated with the USB ` serialNumber `  since this value is useful to identify the board sample.
188+ The ` hardwareId `  field is populated with the USB ` serialNumber `  since this value is useful to identify the board
189+ instance.
189190
190191The ` LIST `  command performs a one-shot polling of the ports. The discovery should answer as soon as reasonably possible,
191192without any additional delay.
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