A "placeholder" is text that is displayed when an input text box field is empty. It's used to provide more information about what needs to be entered in that field.
The image above shows what a placeholder text looks like on a field.
The image below shows how to set the placeholder for a text box in a "Mixed Controls" block:
The next image shows how to set a placeholder in the question type "Open Answer":
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