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 # oneAPI Threading Building Blocks
 [![Apache License Version 2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache_2.0-green.svg)](LICENSE.txt) [![oneTBB CI](https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneTBB/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneTBB/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)
 
-oneAPI Threading Building Blocks (oneTBB) lets you easily write parallel C++ programs that take
-full advantage of multicore performance, that are portable, composable and have future-proof scalability.
+oneTBB is a flexible C++ library that simplifies the work of adding parallelism
+to complex applications, even if you are not a threading expert.  
+
+The library lets you easily write parallel programs that take full advantage of the multi-core performance. Such programs are portable, 
+composable and have a future-proof scalability. oneTBB provides you with functions, interfaces, and classes to parallelize and scale the code.
+All you have to do is to use the templates. 
+
+The library differs from typical threading packages in the following ways:
+* oneTBB enables you to specify logical parallelism instead of threads.
+* oneTBB targets threading for performance.
+* oneTBB is compatible with other threading packages.
+* oneTBB emphasizes scalable, data parallel programming.
+* oneTBB relies on generic programming.
+
+
+Refer to oneTBB [examples](examples) and [samples](https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneAPI-samples/tree/master/Libraries/oneTBB) to see how you can use the library.
+
+oneTBB is a part of [oneAPI](https://oneapi.io). The current branch implements version 1.1 of oneAPI Specification.
 
 ## Release Information
 Here are [Release Notes](RELEASE_NOTES.md) and [System Requirements](SYSTEM_REQUIREMENTS.md).
@@ -22,7 +38,7 @@ See [Installation from Sources](INSTALL.md) to learn how to install oneTBB.
 Please report issues and suggestions via [GitHub issues](https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneTBB/issues). See our [documentation](./CONTRIBUTING.md##Issues) to learn how to work with them.
 
 ## How to Contribute
-We welcome community contributions, so check our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+We welcome community contributions, so check our [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)
 to learn more.
 
 ## License