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+Hierarchical Data Format 5 software utilities and libraries.
+HDF5 is a The HDG Group's and NCSA's unique technology suite,
+with contributions by several U.S. D.O.E. laboratories, that
+makes possible the management of extremely large and complex
+data collections. hdf5 provides c++ and fortran interfaces.