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Mapmakers formerly placed the phrase here be dragons (lit. Hic sunt dracones) at the edges of their known world. It is used in some modern circles, often ironically, to indicate something unknown or as a warning against exploration or experimentation. Programmers, for example, sometimes use it indicate especially difficult or obscure sections of code in a program so that others do not tamper with them.


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