Understanding 'arguments' definition in gnu-assembly

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I'm having a bit of difficulty understanding what the following means from the as arguments page:

Symbols are evaluated to yield {section NNN} where section is one of text, data, bss, absolute, or undefined. NNN is a signed, 2’s complement 32 bit integer.

What would be an example of section NNN ? Is text, data, etc a data type or is that the literal word that is used in the context? Finally, why does it mention a signed, 2's complement 32 bit integer ? Aren't all 32 bit integers 2's complement (at least ones that are in programming usage?)

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