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-This package contains simplified MD code with multi-threading
+This repository contains simplified MD codes with multi-threading
 parallelization for simulating atoms with a Lennard-Jones potential.
 
-The bundled makefiles are set up to compile the executable once
-with OpenMP disabled and once with OpenMP enabled with each build
+The bundled makefiles are set up to compile the executable ,once
+with OpenMP "disabled" and once with OpenMP "enabled", with each build
 placing the various object files in separate directories.
 
-The examples directory contains 3 sets of example input decks
-and the reference directory the corresponding outputs.
+The examples directory contains 3 sets of example-input-decks
+and the reference directory contains the corresponding outputs.
 
-Type: make
-to compile everything and: make clean
-to remove all compiled objects
+Type: 
+make - to compile everything 
+make clean - to remove all compiled objects