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Since only `false` and `nil` are considered "falsy", values like `0` and `""` that some other programming languages consider to also be "falsy" are in fact "truthy" in Elixir.

## Atoms

An atom is a constant whose value is its own name. Some other languages call these symbols. They are often useful to enumerate over distinct values, such as:
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