- **Epistemic status:** #evergreen
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In [[Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)]] the box object model describes each element as a box with a few properties:
- Content: The HTML element where a button, text, images, etc. reside.
- Padding: The area surrounding the [[HTML (HyperText Markup Language)]] element
- Border: A border that surrounds the content and padding
- Margin: An area outside the border that is often utilized to keep space between other [[HTML (HyperText Markup Language)]] elements
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## References
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