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Of the standard sections, `.vector_table`, `.text`, `.rodata` will occupy Flash /
ROM; `.bss` and `.data` will occupy RAM; `.debug_*`, `.ARM.attributes` and
`.comments` can be ignored as they won't be loaded into the target device
memory. For the other sections you'll have to check your dependencies' docs.
Of the standard sections, `.vector_table`, `.text`, `.rodata` and `.data` will
occupy Flash / ROM; `.bss` and `.data` will occupy RAM; `.debug_*`,
`.ARM.attributes` and `.comments` can be ignored as they won't be loaded into
the target device memory. For the other sections you'll have to check your
dependencies' docs.

In this example the uploaded software will occupy `2008` bytes of Flash.

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