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 # Visual Studio Code - Open Source
 
-[VS Code](http://code.visualstudio.com) is a new choice of tool that combines the simplicity of a code editor with what developers need for their core edit-build-debug cycle. Code provides comprehensive editing and debugging support, an extensibility model, and lightweight integration with existing tools.
+[VS Code](http://code.visualstudio.com) is a new type of tool that combines the simplicity of a code editor with what developers need for their core edit-build-debug cycle. Code provides comprehensive editing and debugging support, an extensibility model, and lightweight integration with existing tools.
 
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