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A template is a Wikipedia page created to be included in other pages. It usually contains repetitive material that may need to show up on multiple articles or pages, often with customizable input. Templates sometimes use MediaWiki parser functions, nicknamed "magic words", a simple scripting language. Template pages are found in the template ...
The term template, when used in the context of word processing software, refers to a sample document that has already some details in place; those can (that is added/completed, removed or changed, differently from a fill-in-the-blank of the approach as in a form) either by hand or through an automated iterative process, such as with a software assistant.
(For example, the script with the code <code>Semap</code> has the name <code>"flag semaphore"</code>, which should remain lowercase when used as part of the category name [[:Category:Translingual letters in flag semaphore]] but should be capitalized in [[:Category:Flag semaphore templates]].)
Most templates allow authors to override the default text in this way, some require text put after the template call and some also need a vertical bar in between: {{table cell template}} text or {{table cell template}} | text. This information, the colors and default texts are found in the table below.
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Toggle the table of contents. ... This example template shows how to use ... For a meta-template for creating structured infoboxes, ...
A simple trick allows to protect the "|" in template parameter values while still arriving as real "|" delimiter in the Wiki table, see the magic word {{!}}. Note that "!" Note that "!" (exclamation mark) has no problems with templates, it's the other delimiter used in Wiki tables.