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     3  page_title: "State: Environments"
     4  sidebar_current: "docs-state-env"
     5  description: |-
     6    Legacy terminology for "Workspaces".
     7  ---
     8  
     9  # State Environments
    10  
    11  The term _state environment_, or just _environment_, was used within the
    12  Terraform 0.9 releases to refer to the idea of having multiple distinct,
    13  named states associated with a single configuration directory.
    14  
    15  After this concept was implemented, we recieved feedback that this terminology
    16  caused confusion due to other uses of the word "environment", both within
    17  Terraform itself and within organizations using Terraform.
    18  
    19  As of 0.10, the preferred term is "workspace". For more information on
    20  workspaces, see [the main Workspaces page](/docs/state/workspaces.html).