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 ## What is Grape?
 
-Grape is a REST-like API micro-framework for Ruby. It's designed to run on Rack
+Grape is a REST-like API framework for Ruby. It's designed to run on Rack
 or complement existing web application frameworks such as Rails and Sinatra by
 providing a simple DSL to easily develop RESTful APIs. It has built-in support
 for common conventions, including multiple formats, subdomain/prefix restriction,