Ghost icons/files on Mac HD

A few months ago I noticed the appearance of "ghost" icons, feint, marked "cores, bin, var, tmp, math_kernel, net alias", etc. What do they indicate? How can I delete them?
Thanks, Mitoedit

Open the Script Editor or AppleScript Editor in one of the subfolders of Applications and run the following:
tell application "Finder" to quit
if (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles") is "1" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0"
else
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1"
end if
delay 2
tell application "Finder" to run
If you change your mind later, run the script again.
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