--- C:/Users/geoff/AppData/Local/Temp/openvas-compendium.tex-revBASE.svn000.tmp.tex	Mo Apr 20 23:35:21 2009
+++ C:/Users/geoff/Documents/OpenVAS/openvas-compendium/openvas-compendium.tex	Mo Apr 20 23:33:58 2009
@@ -204,22 +204,21 @@
 
 \compendiumauthor{Michael Wiegand}
 
-The OpenVAS software consists of five distinct parts which are provided and
-maintained by the OpenVAS projects. The individual parts are:
+The OpenVAS software consists of five distinct components:
 
 \begin{description}
 
- \item[OpenVAS-Server:] This is the core component of OpenVAS. It contains the
-functionality used for scanning a large number of target servers at a high
+ \item[OpenVAS-Server:] This is the core component. It implements the
+functionality used for scanning a large number of target servers at high
 speed. Scans will always originate from the host where OpenVAS-Server is
 running; therefore, this machine has to be able reach the intended targets.
 
-The server requires three other modules:
+The server requires these other modules:
 
 \begin{description}
 
- \item[OpenVAS-Libraries:] This module contains functionality used by
-OpenVAS-Server.
+ \item[OpenVAS-Libraries:] This module contains application libraries needed by
+OpenVAS-Server. 
 
  \item[OpenVAS-LibNASL:] The NVTs are written in the ``Nessus Attack Scripting
 Language'' (NASL). This module contains the functionality needed by
@@ -234,8 +233,7 @@
 
  \item[OpenVAS-Client:] OpenVAS-Client controls the OpenVAS server,
 processes the scan results and displays them to the user. OpenVAS-Client can run
-on any machine able to connect to the OpenVAS-Server and can control multiple
-servers.
+locally or remotely on any machine and can control multiple servers.
 
 \end{description}