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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def load_json(file):
 """Load JSON file at app start"""

    here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
    with open(os.path.join(here, file)) as jfile:
        data = json.load(jfile)
    return data