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 ## WebAssembly support
 
-Deno can execute [WebAssembly](https://webassembly.org/) binaries.
+Deno can execute [WebAssembly](https://webassembly.org/) modules with the same
+interfaces that
+[browsers provide](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly).
 
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