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Some binary files can include a magic number. this mechanism is used by __________.

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Answer:

Parsers to identify the file format.

The OS to determine the file format.

Step-by-step explanation:

The answer I gave is my best guess. The base of this question doesn't make sense because magic numbers can be used by several different things, so there is a broad range of answers for this. But Typically magic numbers are used to identify a file's validity or it's format

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