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== See also == * [[Magic string]] * {{slink|File format|Magic number}} * [[List of file signatures]] * [[FourCC]] * [[Hard coding]] * [[Magic (programming)]] * [[NaN]] (Not a Number) * [[Enumerated type]] * [[Hexspeak]], for another list of magic values * [[Nothing up my sleeve number]] about magic constants in [[cryptography|cryptographic]] algorithms * [[Time formatting and storage bugs]], for problems that can be caused by magics * [[Sentinel value]] (aka flag value, trip value, rogue value, signal value, dummy data) * [[Canary value]], special value to detect buffer overflows * [[XYZZY (magic word)]] * [[Fast inverse square root]], an algorithm that uses the constant 0x5F3759DF
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