# Concepts

The documentation in this section explains commonly referenced Knative concepts and abstractions, and helps to provide you with a better understanding of how Knative works.

## What is Knative?

Knative is a platform-agnostic solution for running [serverless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serverless_computing){target=_blank} deployments.

## Knative Serving

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## Knative Eventing - The Event-driven application platform for Kubernetes

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