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 ## Summary
 
 - We introduce a model format.
-- The `ProgramDesc` describe the model **topology**. 
+- The model represented by its forward-pass computation procedure saved in a **ProgramDesc** protobuf message.
 - A bunch of specified format binary tensors describe the **parameters**.