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In this section, we demonstrate how to use the Holoscan SDK to build applications through a series of examples.
The concepts needed to build your own Holoscan applications will be covered as we go through each example.

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### Table of Contents

* [Hello World](/holoscan/sdk-user-guide/4-5/using-the-sdk/holoscan-by-example/hello-world)
* [Ping Simple](/holoscan/sdk-user-guide/4-5/using-the-sdk/holoscan-by-example/ping-simple)
* [Ping Custom Op](/holoscan/sdk-user-guide/4-5/using-the-sdk/holoscan-by-example/ping-custom-op)
* [Ping Multi Port](/holoscan/sdk-user-guide/4-5/using-the-sdk/holoscan-by-example/ping-multi-port)
* [Video Replayer](/holoscan/sdk-user-guide/4-5/using-the-sdk/holoscan-by-example/video-replayer)
* [Video Replayer Distributed](/holoscan/sdk-user-guide/4-5/using-the-sdk/holoscan-by-example/video-replayer-distributed)
* [BYOM](/holoscan/sdk-user-guide/4-5/using-the-sdk/holoscan-by-example/byom)
* [Custom CUDA Kernel Sample](/holoscan/sdk-user-guide/4-5/using-the-sdk/holoscan-by-example/custom-cuda-kernel-sample)