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* File - a contiguous string of bytes in a computer store (memory, disk, etc.). The bytes represent zero or more objects of the model.

** HDF5, and NetCDF-4 are the samesimilar

*** NetCDF-4 can read HDF5

*** HDF5 can read XDR based NetCDF-4

* Group - a collection of objects (including groups).

* Dimension - used to specify variable shapes, common grids, and coordinate systems.

* Variable - an array of values of the same type.

* Dataset - a multidimensional array of Datadata Elementselements, with Attributesattributes and other metadata.

* Datatype - a description of a specific class of data element, including its storage layout as a pattern of bits.

* Dataspace - a description of the dimensions of a multidimensional array.