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-ndn-cxx is a C++14 library, implementing Named Data Networking (NDN) primitives
-that can be used to write various NDN applications. The library is currently
-being used by the following projects:
+**ndn-cxx** is a C++14 library implementing Named Data Networking (NDN) primitives
+that can be used to write various NDN applications. The library is currently being
+used by the following projects:
 
 * [NFD - NDN Forwarding Daemon](https://github.com/named-data/NFD)
 * [NLSR - Named-data Link-State Routing protocol](https://github.com/named-data/NLSR)