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What is Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language created by John Gruber in 2004. It lets you write plain text with simple formatting symbols that convert to HTML. It's used everywhere — GitHub READMEs, blog posts, documentation, note-taking apps, and chat tools like Slack and Discord.

Quick Syntax Reference

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
**bold text**
*italic text*
`inline code`
> blockquote
- list item
[link](url)

Heading 2

bold text
italic text
inline code
blockquote
• list item
link
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