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= Solution

The boundary order fixes the orientation. Two edges issuing from $A$ are $\overrightarrow{AB}=(0,0,1)$ and $\overrightarrow{AD}=(1,1,0)$. Their <cross product> gives the oriented <vector area>:
$$
\boxed{\boldsymbol A=\overrightarrow{AB}\times\overrightarrow{AD}
=\begin{pmatrix}-1\\1\\0\end{pmatrix}.}
$$
Its <norm> is $\sqrt2$, the ordinary rectangle area. The sign agrees with traversing $A\to B\to C\to D\to A$ by the right-hand orientation rule.

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