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Terminologies

Before we discuss the individual foundational principles of Hashi, we must first dissect how we are going to identify things from here on out.

TermDefinition
TokenIt is a key-value pair of carefully crafted design values. In other design systems, this is usually identified as design variables.
ContentIt is anything the user can consume in a page.
SurfaceIt is the area all elements operate on. Surfaces can be found in components, or in the back of pages.
KeyIt is a parameter that uses a token as its value, or another key.