Can anyone tell me inthe capacity window when syncing my iphone what does the "other" category refer too it is taking up a lot of space on my  phone and I want to delet it?

can anyone tell me what the "Other" stands for in the capacity window when sycing my I-phone It is taking a lot of space and I would like to delet or at least review what the media is? Thoughts

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    OK,
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