What is the purpose of the & character at the end of a command line?

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• AIt causes standard error to be unbuffered.
• BIt causes the command to be run in the background of the current shell.
• CIt puts the command under the job control facilities of the current shell.
• DIt causes the command to be run as a child of the initial login shell of the user.

• A
  5% (1)
• B
  81% (17)
• C
  5% (1)
• D
  10% (2)

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