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 An efficient blocker for Chromium-based browsers. Fast and lean. Written from scratch. Development 
 through benchmarking.
 
-**µBlock is not an "ad blocker", it's a blocker in the broad sense**, which happens to block ads through its support of [Adblock Plus filters](https://adblockplus.org/en/filters).
+**µBlock is not an "ad blocker", it's a blocker in the broad sense**, which happens to block ads through its support of [Adblock Plus filter syntax](https://adblockplus.org/en/filters).
 
 _EasyList_, _EasyPrivacy_ and _Peter Lowe's Adservers_ list are enabled by default when you install µBlock. Many more lists are readily available to protect yourself from trackers, analytics, data mining, and more ads.