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The displayed page content generated by a template call (which is the rendering of the expansion of the called template) is the ''template result''. The template result generated by the template call <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{sic|constellation prize}}</syntaxhighlight> is "{{sic|constellation prize}}".

The ''name'' of a template is the name of the wikipediaWikipedia page (which is also the title of the page). The namespace is normally left off if it is "Template" (which it almost always is). Furthermore, it is customary to write the name with double braces, like a template call, to emphasize that it names a template. For example, "Use the {{tl|tm}} template to generate the trademark symbol." But don't go so far as to put a template name in the code font, to prevent confusion with an actual template call. {{tlf|tm}} is a template name, but {{tnull|tm}} is a template call.

Some template calls perform a tagging function; such a template call is often called a ''tag'', as in, "If you are in the middle of a major edit, place an {{tl|in use}} tag at the top of the page." This is one of many ways the term "tag" is used in Wikipedia.