What do the parentheses and number after a Unix command or C function mean?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/297702/w...

Accepted answer links:
http://www.gsp.com/support/man/
http://manpages.unixforum.co.uk/man-page.../
http://www.december.com/unix/ref/mansec....

Answer 4 links:
[Unix and Linux]: https://unix.stackexchange.com/faq
[What do the numbers in a man page mean?]: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions.../

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