[ic] meaning of $Global:: etc.

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org]

I am trying to understand the '/usr/lib/interchange/bin/interchange' file and can't find the meaning of $Global:: 

What is this? Is there a global module where this is defined or is this a predefined global namespace?

Thanks,
JP

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