What's meaning of “EXPORT_SYMBOL” in Linux kernel code?

From here

 48 struct snd_card *snd_cards[SNDRV_CARDS];
 49 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_cards);

I do not understand what’s the meaning of it and why that is used. I tried to search about it but did not understand the meaning of it.

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