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-The **AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)** is a software development framework
-for defining cloud infrastructure in code.
+The **AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)** is an infrastructure modeling framework that allows you to define your cloud resources using an imperative programming interface. The CDK is currently in developer preview. We look forward to community feedback and collaboration.
 
 ## Getting Started