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Translation units can be separately translated and then later linked
to produce an executable program\iref{basic.link}.
\end{note}
\begin{note}
Source files, translation units, and translated translation units
need not necessarily be stored as files, nor need there be any one-to-one
correspondence between these entities and any external representation.
The description is conceptual only,
and does not specify any particular implementation.
\end{note}
\indextext{compilation!separate|)}

\rSec1[lex.phases]{Phases of translation}%
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dependency\iref{module.unit,module.import}
are required to be available.
\begin{note}
Source files, translation
units and translated translation units need not necessarily be stored as
files, nor need there be any one-to-one correspondence between these
entities and any external representation. The description is conceptual
only, and does not specify any particular implementation.
\end{note}
\begin{note}
Previously translated translation units can be preserved individually or in libraries.
The separate translation units of a program communicate\iref{basic.link} by (for example)
calls to functions whose names have external or module linkage,
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