21. Front Matter: Abstract

The abstract follows. It contains one or more paragraphs. Each paragraph contains data, or perhaps tagged data like foreign words (bien sur!), strong words , emphasized words, etc.

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<p>The need for concrete examples increases when technology becomes difficult to explain. In documentation for computer systems especially, we see a wide audience of field experts attempting to understand documentation for computer software and hardware of which they should only require a cursory understanding. Additionally, as the pace of the information age quickens, we see document authors struggle for <foreign>examplia concretes</> with wide applicability, and consistently rely on excerpts from Shakespearean literature as as public-domain source for their various explications.