Magic Words in Technology
Software like MediaWiki uses "magic words" to make system information available to templates and editors, such as {{CURRENTTIME}}, which displays the server time: 17:02, see Help:Magic words.
Hexadecimal "words" used in byte code to identify a specific file or data format are known as magic numbers.
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