What is "other" in the iPod capacity bar on the summary page?

I'd like to know what the other is for on my iTouch summary page? It is currently showing as 291 mb. All I have loaded is some video and music, there are no apps installed?
Thanks,
Dave

Other can be Album Artwork, Notes, Contacts, Firmware (the operating system software) etc. or (and this doesn't apply to the iPod Touch or iPhone which don't have the option to enabled for disk use), files that are on there if you are using the iPod as a removable storage device. If you feel that Other is being incorrectly reported then try restoring your iPod.

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As a family we have a few ipods of differing sizes and generations. All working fine apart from one thing.
When I check for capacity usage in itunes two of the ipods show quite a lot of memory taken up under the 'other' catagory. Does anyone know how I can reduce the amount of information stored under this area? One of the ipod nanos has almost half of it's current space used up by this catagory of data.
ta
CG

In a related question, is 20.3mb of info in my 'Other' considered a lot?
Also, below is a list of the files and their sub folders:
Calendars (empty)
Contacts (empty)
iPod_Control (device(preferences/sysInfo)iTunes & Music)
Notes (instructions)
BOOTEX (the results of a disc check of the iPod itself)
My question is other then the iTunes folders, can I delete any and/or all of these files and their related contents and if I do so, will my iPod still work correctly?
Probably a stupid question I know, but I really don't know much about the inner workings of the iPod and I also don't know which program to use to read any of the files listed.
Thanks for any information that you can give me related to these questions.
Cheers!!
Michael
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