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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de)
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.\" Created Fri Apr 2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993
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.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
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.\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or
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.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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.\" %%%LICENSE_END
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.\"
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.\" Modified 1993-07-24 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" Modified 1994-05-15 by Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@yggdrasil.com)
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.\" Modified 1994-11-22 by Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@yggdrasil.com)
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.\" Modified 1995-07-11 by Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@yggdrasil.com)
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.\" Modified 1996-12-18 by Michael Haardt and aeb
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.\" Modified 1999-05-31 by Dimitri Papadopoulos (dpo@club-internet.fr)
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.\" Modified 1999-08-08 by Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de)
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.\" Modified 2004-04-01 by aeb
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.\"
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.TH ASCII 7 2009-02-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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ascii \- ASCII character set encoded in octal, decimal, and hexadecimal
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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ASCII is the American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
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It is a 7-bit code.
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Many 8-bit codes (such as ISO 8859-1, the
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Linux default character set) contain ASCII as their lower half.
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The international counterpart of ASCII is known as ISO 646.
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.LP
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The following table contains the 128 ASCII characters.
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.LP
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C program \f(CW\(aq\eX\(aq\fP escapes are noted.
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.if t \{\
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.ft CW
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\}
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.TS
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l l l l l l l l.
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Oct Dec Hex Char Oct Dec Hex Char
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000 0 00 NUL \(aq\e0\(aq 100 64 40 @
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001 1 01 SOH (start of heading) 101 65 41 A
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002 2 02 STX (start of text) 102 66 42 B
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003 3 03 ETX (end of text) 103 67 43 C
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004 4 04 EOT (end of transmission) 104 68 44 D
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005 5 05 ENQ (enquiry) 105 69 45 E
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006 6 06 ACK (acknowledge) 106 70 46 F
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007 7 07 BEL \(aq\ea\(aq (bell) 107 71 47 G
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010 8 08 BS \(aq\eb\(aq (backspace) 110 72 48 H
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011 9 09 HT \(aq\et\(aq (horizontal tab) 111 73 49 I
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012 10 0A LF \(aq\en\(aq (new line) 112 74 4A J
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013 11 0B VT \(aq\ev\(aq (vertical tab) 113 75 4B K
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014 12 0C FF \(aq\ef\(aq (form feed) 114 76 4C L
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015 13 0D CR \(aq\er\(aq (carriage ret) 115 77 4D M
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016 14 0E SO (shift out) 116 78 4E N
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017 15 0F SI (shift in) 117 79 4F O
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020 16 10 DLE (data link escape) 120 80 50 P
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021 17 11 DC1 (device control 1) 121 81 51 Q
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022 18 12 DC2 (device control 2) 122 82 52 R
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023 19 13 DC3 (device control 3) 123 83 53 S
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024 20 14 DC4 (device control 4) 124 84 54 T
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025 21 15 NAK (negative ack.) 125 85 55 U
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026 22 16 SYN (synchronous idle) 126 86 56 V
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027 23 17 ETB (end of trans. blk) 127 87 57 W
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030 24 18 CAN (cancel) 130 88 58 X
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031 25 19 EM (end of medium) 131 89 59 Y
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032 26 1A SUB (substitute) 132 90 5A Z
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033 27 1B ESC (escape) 133 91 5B [
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034 28 1C FS (file separator) 134 92 5C \e \(aq\e\e\(aq
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035 29 1D GS (group separator) 135 93 5D ]
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036 30 1E RS (record separator) 136 94 5E ^
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037 31 1F US (unit separator) 137 95 5F \&_
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040 32 20 SPACE 140 96 60 \`
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041 33 21 ! 141 97 61 a
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042 34 22 " 142 98 62 b
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043 35 23 # 143 99 63 c
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044 36 24 $ 144 100 64 d
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045 37 25 % 145 101 65 e
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046 38 26 & 146 102 66 f
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047 39 27 \' 147 103 67 g
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050 40 28 ( 150 104 68 h
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051 41 29 ) 151 105 69 i
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052 42 2A * 152 106 6A j
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053 43 2B + 153 107 6B k
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054 44 2C , 154 108 6C l
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055 45 2D \- 155 109 6D m
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056 46 2E . 156 110 6E n
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057 47 2F / 157 111 6F o
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060 48 30 0 160 112 70 p
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061 49 31 1 161 113 71 q
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062 50 32 2 162 114 72 r
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063 51 33 3 163 115 73 s
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064 52 34 4 164 116 74 t
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065 53 35 5 165 117 75 u
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066 54 36 6 166 118 76 v
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067 55 37 7 167 119 77 w
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070 56 38 8 170 120 78 x
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071 57 39 9 171 121 79 y
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072 58 3A : 172 122 7A z
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073 59 3B ; 173 123 7B {
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074 60 3C < 174 124 7C |
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075 61 3D = 175 125 7D }
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076 62 3E > 176 126 7E ~
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077 63 3F ? 177 127 7F DEL
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.TE
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.SS Tables
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For convenience, let us give more compact tables in hex and decimal.
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.sp
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.nf
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.if t \{\
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.in 1i
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.ft CW
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\}
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2 3 4 5 6 7 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
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0: 0 @ P \` p 0: ( 2 < F P Z d n x
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1: ! 1 A Q a q 1: ) 3 = G Q [ e o y
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2: " 2 B R b r 2: * 4 > H R \e f p z
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3: # 3 C S c s 3: ! + 5 ? I S ] g q {
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4: $ 4 D T d t 4: " , 6 @ J T ^ h r |
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5: % 5 E U e u 5: # \- 7 A K U _ i s }
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6: & 6 F V f v 6: $ . 8 B L V \` j t ~
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7: \' 7 G W g w 7: % / 9 C M W a k u DEL
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8: ( 8 H X h x 8: & 0 : D N X b l v
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9: ) 9 I Y i y 9: \' 1 ; E O Y c m w
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A: * : J Z j z
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B: + ; K [ k {
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C: , < L \e l |
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D: \- = M ] m }
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E: . > N ^ n ~
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F: / ? O _ o DEL
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.if t \{\
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.fi
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.SH NOTES
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.SS History
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An
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.B ascii
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manual page appeared in Version 7 of AT&T UNIX.
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.LP
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On older terminals, the underscore code is displayed as a left arrow,
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called backarrow, the caret is displayed as an up-arrow and the vertical
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bar has a hole in the middle.
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.LP
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Uppercase and lowercase characters differ by just one bit and the
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ASCII character 2 differs from the double quote by just one bit, too.
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That made it much easier to encode characters mechanically or with a
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non-microcontroller-based electronic keyboard and that pairing was found
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on old teletypes.
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.LP
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The ASCII standard was published by the United States of America
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Standards Institute (USASI) in 1968.
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.\"
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.\" ASA was the American Standards Association and X3 was an ASA sectional
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.\" committee on computers and data processing. Its name changed to
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.\" American National Standards Committee X3 (ANSC-X3) and now it is known
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.\" as Accredited Standards Committee X3 (ASC X3). It is accredited by ANSI
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.\" and administered by ITI. The subcommittee X3.2 worked on coded
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.\" character sets; the task group working on ASCII appears to have been
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.\" designated X3.2.4. In 1966, ASA became the United States of America
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.\" Standards Institute (USASI) and published ASCII in 1968. It became the
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.\" American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1969 and is the
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.\" U.S. member body of ISO; private and nonprofit.
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.\"
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.ad l
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.BR iso_8859-1 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-10 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-13 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-14 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-15 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-16 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-2 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-3 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-4 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-5 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-6 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-7 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-8 (7),
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.BR iso_8859-9 (7)
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