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magic number 0xDEADBEEF 0xDEADC0DE DEADBEEF DEADC0DE

In computer programming, a magic number is any of the following: A unique value with unexplained meaning or multiple occurrences which could be replaced with a named constant A constant numerical or text value used to identify a file format or protocol; for files, see List of file signatures A distinctive unique value that is unlikely to be mistaken for other meanings. Wikipedia

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Either a unique identifier or a literal with unexplained meaning Wikipedia Disambiguation

Sequence of bytes used to identify or indicate the format of a file Wikidata

A number which is manually entered into source code, rather than defined somewhere as a named constant; especially one which is arbitrary or lacks explanation. Wiktionary

We replaced the magic number 31 with a constant called MAX_DAYS_IN_MONTH. Wiktionary

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