What is an offset in a hex dump?

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I'm trying to understand what an offset in a hex dump is. In particular, what purpose does an offset serve? I have googled many times but not found anything.

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The offset describes where something is in the file. You can obtain and jump to offsets in code using lseek(2) or fseek(3), depending on which I/O system you're using.