What does the dot mean after -rwxr-xr-x in the ls -l output?

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If you have a look at info ls What\ information, it tells you

Following the file mode bits is a single character that specifies whether an alternate access method such as an access control list applies to the file. When the character following the file mode bits is a space, there is no alternate access method. When it is a printing character, then there is such a method.

GNU 'ls' uses a '.' character to indicate a file with an SELinux security context, but no other alternate access method.

A file with any other combination of alternate access methods is marked with a '+' character.