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Component Health
A measure of how well components in a design file adhere to design system standards, including proper connections, token usage, and naming conventions.
Component Library
A collection of reusable UI components organized in a Figma library file, available for use across multiple design files and team projects.
Component Set
A group of related component variants combined into a single component with configurable properties, allowing users to switch between variants without swapping components.
Component States
The different visual appearances a component can have based on user interaction or context, such as default, hover, active, focus, disabled, and error states.
Constraints
Rules that define how an element resizes and repositions relative to its parent frame when the parent changes size.
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Design Debt
Accumulated design shortcuts, inconsistencies, and deferred improvements that create maintenance burden and slow down future design work.
Design Governance
The policies, processes, and controls that ensure design system standards are maintained, contributions are reviewed, and quality is preserved at scale.
Design Handoff
The process of transferring design specifications, assets, and context from designers to developers for implementation.
Design Ops
The practice of optimizing design team operations through processes, tools, and systems that enable designers to work more efficiently and effectively.
Design System
A comprehensive collection of reusable components, patterns, guidelines, and design tokens that work together to ensure consistency and efficiency across product development.
Design System Audit
A systematic review of design files to assess adherence to design system standards, identify inconsistencies, and find components that have drifted from their source.
Design Tokens
Named, platform-agnostic values that store design decisions like colors, spacing, typography, and shadows, enabling consistent styling across design tools and code.
Detached Instance
A component instance that has been disconnected from its main component, breaking the link that allows automatic updates when the main component changes.
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Figma Styles
Reusable design properties in Figma for colors, text, effects, and grids that can be applied across elements and updated globally from a single source.
Figma Variables
Reusable values in Figma that can store colors, numbers, strings, and booleans, supporting modes for theming and enabling design tokens directly in Figma.
File Organization
The system of structuring pages, frames, and sections within Figma files to create navigable, maintainable design documents.
Frame
A container element in Figma that can hold other elements, support auto layout, have its own styling, and serve as the building block for components.
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Naming Conventions
Standardized rules for naming design elements like layers, components, variants, and tokens to ensure consistency and improve team collaboration.
Nested Instance
A component instance placed inside another component, creating hierarchical component structures that maintain connections to multiple main components.
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Slot
A designated area within a component where content can be swapped or overridden in instances, enabling flexible content composition while maintaining structure.
Style Guide
Documentation that defines the visual language of a product, including color palettes, typography scales, spacing systems, and usage guidelines.
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