What dose other mean on your hard drive

I need to clear some space on my hard drive and it seams that there is alot of files in other and I dont know how to clear that out. I am new to mac and how files work and are placed in the operate system.

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WZZZ wrote:
"Other" than what?
In About This Mac > Storage -
...the yellow stuff.
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pressh wrote:
gradgrind wrote:
smitty wrote:pressh, I understand and appreciate your point of view... well taken! Are you implying that I should have written in steps, such as 1, 2, and 3? Also, should I have got ridden of the redundant information if it is contained in the Wiki article and / or taken out the commands on how to apply them and left only with the explanation? Is this what you imply? Sorry if I seem redundant with these questions, but I'm curious so I can improve for the future. I am new to this and open to any suggestion and comments.
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