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-Contains HTTP abstractions for ASP.NET 5 such as `HttpContext`, `HttpRequest`, `HttpResponse` and `RequestDelegate`.
+Contains HTTP abstractions for ASP.NET Core such as `HttpContext`, `HttpRequest`, `HttpResponse` and `RequestDelegate`.
 
 It also contains `IApplicationBuilder` and extensions to create and compose your application's pipeline.
 
-This project is part of ASP.NET 5. You can find samples, documentation and getting started instructions for ASP.NET 5 at the [Home](https://github.com/aspnet/home) repo.
+This project is part of ASP.NET Core. You can find samples, documentation and getting started instructions for ASP.NET Core at the [Home](https://github.com/aspnet/home) repo.