# environment variable (variable de entorno)

A named slot, like `TOKENTIDE_API_KEY`, that holds a setting or secret outside your code.

**Example:** For example, your code reads `process.env.TOKENTIDE_API_KEY` from an environment variable so the real key never appears in your files.


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