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description: A triple-backtick block that can render widgets, queries, or syntax-highlighted code.
tags: glossary
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Blocks use the fenced code block notation of [[Markdown]], and assign special behavior to it.

The general syntax is:

    ```language
    block configuration
    ```

These are the block types that ship with SilverBullet, but [[Plugs]] can define their own:

* `space-lua`: [[Space Lua]]
* `space-style`: [[Space Style]]

The fenced code block syntax is also used to get [[Markdown/Syntax Highlighting]] for numerous programming languages.