What does the '+' sign mean in a partition table displayed by fdisk?

I put some grml linux on a hdc, plus some other stuff,
made table like this, but wonder what the '+' stands for
after some partitions?

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 4927 39572715+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdc2 4927 9791 39072747 83 Linux
/dev/hdc3 9791 14593 38572778+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdc5 9791 9854 500000+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdc6 9854 9860 49968+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdc7 * 9860 14593 38022715 83 Linux
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