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2.3 What is netCDF, really?
In the real world, things are a little more complicated.

In actuality, netCDF like most software, is evolving to adapt to and keep up with its user community. Currently netCDF is:

You mostly don't need to be aware of these complications, because new versions of netCDF support

Also, files written through one language API are readable through other language APIs.

 


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