What is stored in 'other' on iPad

In looking through the capacity bar for my iPad while connected to iTunes, there is a category called other. What is typically stored under that category?
Regards,
RPH

"Other" includes data such as contact information and photos assigned to contacts, calendar events, Safari bookmarks/cookies/history, notes created with the Notes application, SMS messages, email stored locally or cached, and 3rd party application data created and stored by the application, Calendar entries, and that type of content.
Data that is associated with apps but not the apps, books, media or photos themselves.

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The long and short of it is that you will probably have to restore your iPad. That giant "other" space is a sign of a corrupt file from a sync, I am pretty sure, but I am quite sure that the way to resolve it is to restore the iPad.
You can search the discussion site for similar threads but I think you will find that a restore is the way to correct it. Read this one.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12531408#12531408

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Its going to continue to happen,
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I did a restore as new and then loaded my apps, music, etc and got back a couple gigs of room.
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Great question. The following article provides more information about the "Other" storage category:
Understanding capacity on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1867
iTunes divides used content into categories indicated on the bottom of the screen when you have selected your device.
- Audio: Includes songs, audio podcasts, audiobooks, voice memos, and ringtones
- Video: Includes movies, music videos, and TV shows
- Photos: Includes Camera Roll contents, Photo Stream, and Photo Library
- Apps: Includes installed apps and their content
- Books
- Other: Everything else, such as contacts, calendars, messages, emails and their attachments, Safari Offline Reading List, settings, and other system resources.
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Home sharing allows you to share content between computers and devices on your wifi network - so if you have your library on your computer's iTunes and you want to access it on your iPad then both your computer and iPad have to be turned on, iTunes open on your computer, and both need to be connected to the same wifi network.
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What is stored in 'other' on iPad

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