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 # Go Micro [![License](https://img.shields.io/:license-apache-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0) [![Go.Dev reference](https://img.shields.io/badge/go.dev-reference-007d9c?logo=go&logoColor=white&style=flat-square)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/micro/go-micro/v3?tab=overview) [![Travis CI](https://api.travis-ci.org/micro/go-micro.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/micro/go-micro) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/micro/go-micro)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/micro/go-micro) 
 
-Go Micro is a standard library for distributed systems development.
+Go Micro is a standard library for microservices.
 
 ## Overview