Seems to be a GNU Binutils extension
Determines if an executable is a position independent executable (PIE).
Seems to be informational only, since not used by Linux kernel 5.0 or glibc 2.29.
file 5.36 however does use it to display file type as explained at: stackoverflow.com/questions/34519521/why-does-gcc-create-a-shared-object-instead-of-an-executable-binary-according-to/55704865#55704865Articles by others on the same topic
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