What makes up the 'other' section?

When I went to sync my 3gs iPhone today all of a sudden it says 'other apps' section is over capacity. What constitutes this section and why would it jump since last week's normal weekly sync session?

Hi John.
I don't know specifically what is in the "Other" section but I would suspect it would be album art, lyrics, operating system etc.
hope this helps

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