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docs: Add additional clarifications around realm terminology.

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@@ -5,9 +5,15 @@ Realms are the Zulip codebases's internal name for what we refer to in
user documentation as an organization (the name "realm" comes from
[Kerberos](https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/)).
Wherever possible, we avoid using the term `realm` in any user-facing
string or documentation; "Organization" is the equivalent term used in
those contexts (and we have linters that attempt to enforce this rule
in translateable strings). We may in the future modify Zulip's
internals to use `organization` instead.
The
[production docs on multiple realms](../production/multiple-organizations.md)
are likely also relevant reading.
are also relevant reading.
## Creating realms