What is "marker" in course info?

What is "marker" in course info?

by Thomas Nelson -
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A course (from core_course_get_courses_by_field for example) has for one of its fields 

marker int  Optional //Current course marker
What is this "marker"?  I can't find any obviously related setting in course settings.  Many of my courses have 0 for this, but some don't, and I'm not sure why or what it means.  I haven't found any docs about it.  What is this thing?
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