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The new file format is defined in header file @file{gmon_out.h}. It
consists of a header containing the magic cookie and a version number,
as well as some spare bytes available for future extensions. All data
-in a profile data file is in the native format of the host on which
-the profile was collected. @sc{gnu} @code{gprof} adapts automatically to the
-byte-order in use.
+in a profile data file is in the native format of the target for which
+the profile was collected. @sc{gnu} @code{gprof} adapts automatically
+to the byte-order in use.
In the new file format, the header is followed by a sequence of
records. Currently, there are three different record types: histogram