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-Digital is an easy-to-use digital circuit simulator. It is designed for educational purposes and I use it in my lectures.
+Digital is an easy-to-use digital circuit simulator. 
+It's designed for educational purposes, and I use it in my lectures to illustrate digital electronics.
  
 ## Features ##