2.1.8 Entity declarations allow you to associate a name with some other fragment of content. That construct can be a chunk of regular text, a chunk of the document type declaration, or a reference to an external file containing either text or binary data. Notation declarations identify specific types of external binary data. This information is passed to the processing application. Coldfusion consists of several components that create the powerful development and deployment environment for Web application.
Templates use the file extension .cfm.
It consists of a set of tags you use in ColdFusion pages to interact with data sources, manipulate data, and display output. Authenticates a user and sets the security context for an application. Builds an input form and performs client-side input validation . Performs typical file-handling tasks from within your ColdFusion application. Embeds references to ColdFusion pages.