HT201402 What is the Content "other" category in the "about this mac" Storage information?

I have 250 Gig MacBook Pro.  My Audio is 21G, Movie 33G Photo 13G, App 17G Backup 0G, Other 124G.  What is the content of "Other"

Hi,
Can anyone help me with this: (see attached picture)
I suppose there is a (preference) file to reset in order to display correctly the storage information ?
Thank you for your help.
Stan.

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