where is the actual data in a mysql db stored on a linux machine?

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Which files are the actual files holding the data in the tables in a mysql db?

I went to /var/lib/mysql/ and I can see there a bunch of relatively small directories corresponding to my tables, and a lot of files named servername-bin.0000001 etc.

Is the data stored in those files?

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