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 ## Features
 
-The slurmctld operator provides and manages the slurmd daemon. This operator provides the compute node service for virtual machines enlisted as compute nodes in Charmed SLURM clusters.
+The slurmd operator provides and manages the slurmd daemon. This operator provides the compute node service for machines enlisted as compute nodes in Charmed SLURM clusters.
 
 ## Usage