# What is the Processing "Temp" folder?

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**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-the-processing-temp-folder/3097 "2018-08-29T18:59:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-the-processing-temp-folder/3097/3 "2018-08-31T18:28:55Z")

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Processing uses: `%TEMP%`

> **[Environment variable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable#%25TEMP%25)**
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> An environment variable is a dynamic-named value that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer.
> They are part of the environment in which a process runs. For example, a running process can query the value of the TEMP environment variable to discover a suitable location to store temporary files, or the HOME or USERPROFILE variable to find the directory structure owned by the user running the process.
> They were introduced in their modern form in 1979 with Version 7 Unix, so ...

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