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# Resources
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_Resources_ are the most important element in the Terraform language.
Each resource block describes one or more infrastructure objects, such
as virtual networks, compute instances, or higher-level components such
as DNS records.
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- [Resource Blocks ](/docs/language/resources/syntax.html ) documents
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the syntax for declaring resources.
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- [Resource Behavior ](/docs/language/resources/behavior.html ) explains in
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more detail how Terraform handles resource declarations when applying a
configuration.
- The Meta-Arguments section documents special arguments that can be used with
every resource type, including
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[`depends_on` ](/docs/language/meta-arguments/depends_on.html ),
[`count` ](/docs/language/meta-arguments/count.html ),
[`for_each` ](/docs/language/meta-arguments/for_each.html ),
[`provider` ](/docs/language/meta-arguments/resource-provider.html ),
and [`lifecycle` ](/docs/language/meta-arguments/lifecycle.html ).
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- [Provisioners ](/docs/language/resources/provisioners/index.html )
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documents configuring post-creation actions for a resource using the
`provisioner` and `connection` blocks. Since provisioners are non-declarative
and potentially unpredictable, we strongly recommend that you treat them as a
last resort.