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Technical Writing is a broad term that includes technical writing, instructional design, graphics, website design or any form of communication that is useful in communicating information in a simple way. Technical writing is a specific way that people communicate to one another within different professions. Technical writing and communication is the delivery of technical information to people. Any person that is writing about a certain topic in their specific field is considered to be a technical writer using technical communication as a method of informing others. Also, a key consideration in technical writing is who is receiving the information. The method of technical writing should be the most effective means of communicating the information so that those people who are reading the information can clearly understand what is written.Technical writing consists of communicating information and documentation that clearly conveys technical concepts, solutions or directions to specific readers. Technical communicators design, write,edit and publish a broad range of paper and online documentation to complement and enhance a product or define a process.