Where does the dock store its data

I am trying to discover where the linkage is between the icon in the dock and the actual location of the resource. does anyone have that information?
Thanks very much,
Aunty

Hi Auntie,
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
Which save aliases to the real locations, like...

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