
# DTrace Concepts

Explore DTrace at a conceptual level and understand DTrace components and terminology.

The topics in this section are general and can help you to understand what DTrace is and how it works.

-   **[About DTrace](../explanation/dtrace-about.md)**
DTrace is a powerful tracing tool that's available on Linux. DTrace has low overhead and is safe to use on production systems to analyze what a system is doing in real time.
-   **[DTrace Components and Terminology](../explanation/dtrace-components-and-terminology.md)**
Learn about the different components and the terms used to describe them within the DTrace framework.

