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 ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/master/src/site/resources/images/logo.png)
 
 Checkstyle is a tool for
-checking Java source code for adherence to a Code standard or set of rules.
+checking Java source code for adherence to a Code Standard or set of validation rules(best practices).
 
 The latest version can be found at [SourceForge downloads](https://sourceforge.net/projects/checkstyle/files/checkstyle/) or at [Maven repo](http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/).