What does ': number' after a struct field mean?

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Published on 2010-06-12T17:07:44Z Indexed on 2010/06/12 17:33 UTC
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I came across some code like this that I am not sure with:

 unsigned long byte_count  : 32
 unsigned long byte_count2 : 28

What does the : mean here?

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