what are templates?  why would we use templates?

Example 1.  Email:

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Hello __NAME__,

  Please buy our product.

Love,
Company
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Example 2.  Config file:

MASTER_MAP_NAME="auto.master"
TIMEOUT=300
BROWSE_MODE="yes"
LOGGING="verbose"
MAP_OBJECT_CLASS="automountMap"
ENTRY_OBJECT_CLASS="automount"
MAP_ATTRIBUTE="ou"
ENTRY_ATTRIBUTE="cn"
VALUE_ATTRIBUTE="automountInformation"
USE_MISC_DEVICE="yes"
SEARCH_BASE="ou=__SITE__,ou=Sites,dc=VerticalSysadmin,dc=com"

