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 # LLOIFF - Low Level Obfuscation Intermediate File Format
 
+LLOIFF is an intermediate file format which exists only in memory. This format is generated by stage 1 of LLO. The design of this intermediate file format must be robust enough that it can handle file formats of all types
+lifted to it. For example, PE-COFF (COFF meaning: including OBJ files), ELF, etc. 
+
+There can be multiple LLOIFF's at a given time, just as there can be multiple OBJ files in a LIB.