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 title: Welcome to Arvados!
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 h1. Welcome to Arvados!
 
-This guide is intended to introduce new users to the Arvados system.  It covers initial configuration required to use the system and then presents several tutorials on using Arvados to do data processing.
+This guide is intended to introduce new users to the Arvados system.  It covers initial configuration required to access the system and then presents several tutorials on using Arvados to do data processing.
 
 This user guide introduces how to use the major components of Arvados.  These are:
 
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 # Programming in @python@
 # Revision control using @git@
 
+We also recommend you read the "Arvados Platform Overview":https://arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki#Platform-Overview for an introduction and background information about Arvados.
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 The examples in this guide uses the Arvados instance located at "https://{{ site.arvados_workbench_host }}/":https://{{ site.arvados_workbench_host }}/ .  If you are using a different Arvados instance replace @{{ site.arvados_workbench_host }}@ with your private instance in all of the examples in this guide.
 
 The Arvados public beta instance is located at "https://workbench.qr1hi.arvadosapi.com/":https://workbench.qr1hi.arvadosapi.com/ .  You must have an account in order to use this service.  If you would like to request an account, please send an email to "arvados@curoverse.com":mailto:arvados@curoverse.com .