Help i don't undertend

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  **Your code so far**

<style>
.item1{background:LightSkyBlue;}
.item2{background:LightSalmon;}
.item3{background:PaleTurquoise;}
.item4{background:LightPink;}
.item5{background:PaleGreen;}

.container {
  font-size: 40px;
  min-height: 300px;
  width: 100%;
  background: LightGray;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
  grid-gap: 10px;
  
  grid-template-areas: 
    "header header header"
    ". content content"
    "footer footer footer";
  
}
</style>

<div class="container">
<div class="item1">1</div>
<div class="item2">2</div>
<div class="item3">3</div>
<div class="item4">4</div>
<div class="item5">5</div>
</div>
  **Your browser information:**

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Challenge: Divide the Grid Into an Area Template

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Please put some thought into and explain your questions so you don’t give our volunteers a scavenger hunt.

In your code:

    ". content content"

Why is that period (.) there? Were you asked to do that?