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title: Concepts
description: >-
  What is OpenTelemetry, what does it provide and what does it support?
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aliases: [/about, /docs/concepts/overview, /otel]
weight: 2
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The concepts section helps you learn more about the data sources and components
of the OpenTelemetry project in order to obtain a deeper understanding of how
OpenTelemetry works.
