What is "other" on my macbook pro hardrive?

On my macbook pro, I have noticed when I go to storage I have 52.37 GB's of of memory used under the "other" category.
The only big application I have download off the web is Photoshop which only takes 1 gb. All of my pages and keynote files are stored on the cloud.
I recently used the application Disk Inventory X to find out what it the problem is.
Under the 50 gbs of unused space it had a bunch of random blank files. Each file was named a bunch of random letters and numbers. I typed in the folder the stuff was in to find out that it is from itunes backups. Will restoring my backups gibve me back 50 gbs? How can I get my memory back.
http://www.imore.com/daily-tip-reclaim-disk-space-deleting-ios-backups

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

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