to functions in programming languages, they can
also take <em>arguments</em>, allowing them to be customized to the specific context
they are being rendered into.</p>
<p>For example, the example in the previous section is getting a bit long. We can
<em>extract</em> the snippet for rendering the user's name and profile picture into
its own component:</p>
<div class="filename handlebars"><div class="ribbon"></div><span>"app/components/user-profile.hbs"</span><pre class="language-handlebars line-numbers"><code