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<h4 class="subsection">5.5.2 Type</h4>
<p><a name="index-type-of-a-symbol-229"></a><a name="index-symbol-type-230"></a>The type attribute of a symbol contains relocation (section)
information, any flag settings indicating that a symbol is external, and
(optionally), other information for linkers and debuggers. The exact
format depends on the object-code output format in use.
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