What does it mean by select 1 from table?

Question

I have seen many queries with something as follows.

Select 1  
From table

What does this 1 mean, how will it be executed and,

Answer 1

it simple means that you are retrieving the number first column from table ,,,,means select Emply_num,Empl_no From Employees ; here you are using select 1 from Employees; that means you are retrieving the Emply_num column. Thanks