Here's why:
* Transcription is the process of copying genetic information from DNA into mRNA.
* mRNA is a single-stranded RNA molecule that carries genetic information from DNA to ribosomes, where proteins are synthesized.
So, if you provide me with a sequence of DNA nucleotides, I can "transcribe" it into the corresponding mRNA sequence, which would be a complementary copy of the DNA sequence with uracil (U) replacing thymine (T).