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Learn about the hierarchy of entities and the key concepts of Contentstack.
Organization
Organization acts as a parent entity that encapsulates stacks (and all the resources stored within), belonging to the same company or group making project management unbelievably easy.
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Stack
A stack is like a container that holds the content of your project. It lets you organize content by grouping related content together.
Content type
Content type lets you define the structure or blueprint of a page or a section of your digital property. It helps you lay the foundation of your content.
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Entry
An entry is the actual piece of content created using one of the defined content types. To create an entry, content managers simply fill data in the fields of a content type.
Asset
Assets refer to all the media files (images, videos, PDFs, audio files, and so on) uploaded to Contentstack. These files can be used in multiple entries.
Environment
A publishing environment corresponds to one or more deployment servers or a content delivery destination where the entries need to be published.
Language
Contentstack offers multilingual support, which allows you to create entries in any language of your choice. Localization is the process of making an entry available in another language.