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1.   Smarthinking is a free online tutoring service available to all Columbia College students   Smarthinking provides real time online tutoring and homework help for Math  English  and Writing   The Writing Center can be used for writing assistance in any course     Smarthinking also provides access to live tutorials in writing and math  as well as a full range of study  resources  including writing manuals  sample problems  and study skills manuals  You can access the  service from wherever you have a connection to the Internet  I encourage you to take advantage of  this free service provided by the college     Access Smarthinking through CougarTrack under Students  gt Academics  gt Academic Resources     Columbia College Online Campus Page 113       Grading Criteria       Discussions    Initial Post          Demonstrated synthesis of Uses others    points Main post answers all the       Content experience  new information  of view and text questions but more  6 relevant information from the text  information  information could be included  and others    points of view  for a full answer        Text At least one reference  citation of Reference is present    No references appear   references relevant text material  isincludedin   butitis not clear  1 the main post or response  what has been cited        Responses to Others  2 Required for Each Topic   4 Points Each        Substantive responses provide Responses agree or    Responsiv oss P F  gt         S p Ba cage    additiona
2.  Please evaluate the course  You will be able to submit your course evaluation between Sunday of  Week 5 and Thursday of Week 7  A link will be sent to your CougarMail that will allow you to access  the evaluation     Week 7   Embedded Operating Systems and Virtual Environments  e Readings     Chapter 13   Embedded Operating Systems  Chapter 14   Virtual Machines    e Discussion  Go to the appropriate topic in the Discussions area of the course and post your response  to Topic 13 by midnight Wednesday and Topic 14 by midnight Friday  Make sure that you have  posted at least two other messages in each Topic to earn full participation for the week     Topic 13   Describe the characteristics of embedded operating systems  Discuss some uses  for these operating systems     Topic 14   Discuss the approaches to virtualization  Why is a virtual environment an  advantage to an organization     e Info Post Discussion  Share your response to one of the Info Posts by midnight Sunday    Requirements are explained in the Assignment Overview portion of this syllabus     e Chapter Question 6 Answer the following question  Please submit your assignment to the  appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of the course by midnight Sunday     Question  Describe TinyOS and share some implementations of this operating system     Week 8   Security and Distributed Processing  e Readings     Chapter 15   Operating System Security  Chapter 16   Distributed Processing  Client Server  and Clusters    e Disc
3.  basics and operating systems   Once we are comfortable with the basics we will move our discussions to processes and threads   Then it will be time to understand how operating systems manage them via concurrency and its  major design focus areas of mutual exclusion  synchronization  deadlock and starvation  Memory  management is an area where operating systems have made computing more powerful for the user   We will cover a number of algorithms used to manage memory as well as key concepts such as  physical versus logical addressing as well as pages and frames  At the halfway point  we will take a  look at scheduling which can be argued is one of the operating systems primary duties  We will look  at some of the issues that must be addressed in scheduling on multiprocessor systems  The next  discussions turn to I O and the importance of buffering  file allocation and blocking  This would  appear on the surface to be the easy part of designing an operating system but we will learn that it  can be very tricky and has its own set of issues that must be considered during design  Next  we will    Columbia College Online Campus Page 12       look at security issues  which impact everything we do with computers and the operating system is  no exception  We will cover means to authenticate users and the ever present dangers of viruses  We  will wrap up our course with a few key concepts that we see with operating systems today   Distributed processing is an approach to reduce burden
4.  e Readings   Chapter 11   I O Management and Disk Scheduling  Chapter 12   File Management    e Discussion  Go to the appropriate topic in the Discussions area of the course and post your response  to Topic 11 by midnight Wednesday and Topic 12 by midnight Friday  Make sure that you have  posted at least two other messages in each Topic to earn full participation for the week     Topic 11   Discuss the 4 types of 1 0 buffering  Why is buffering important   Topic 12   Discuss methods for file allocation  Why is it important to manage the disk   s free  space     e Info Post Discussion  Share your response to one of the Info Posts by midnight Sunday    Requirements are explained in the Assignment Overview portion of this syllabus     e Chapter Question 5  Answer the following question  Please submit your assignment to the  appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of the course by midnight Sunday     Question  Briefly define the 7 RAID levels  Which level would be best used by your current  or previous employer     Columbia College Online Campus Page  9       e Quiz 2  Chapters 9   12  is due by no later than 5 00 pm Central Time on Saturday  You can take  the quiz anytime between Monday and Saturday at 5 00 Central     KK KKK KK    NOTE  There will be no extensions granted for missing the quiz deadline unless you have  circumstances that will not allow you to take the quiz  This must approved by me and  communicated to me in writing prior to missing the deadline     KK KKK KK   
5.  of each    Explain disk scheduling issues and techniques    Evaluate file management systems    Evaluate distributed processing including client server models and cluster models   Examine operating system security issues        Columbia College Online Campus Page 13          Grading Scale Grade Weights  GRADE POINTS PERCENT   ASSIGNMENT    POINTS PERCENT   a  900 1000  90 100     Discussions 240 24    B   800 899   80 89 Info Post Discussions 60 6   le i    700 799   70 79 Chapter Questions 180 18    D_  600 699  60 69 Papers 120 12    F   o599  0o59 Quizzes 100 10   Exams 300 30     TOTAL    1000   100            The 15 points for Discussions are awarded on the following basis  explained in Grading Criteria at  end of syllabus      7 Points for the Direct Response to the Question   8 Points for postings in response to other students    or my posts  4 points each for 2 posts       Note the posts to other students or my posts must be within the same week of the Questions as no  points will be awarded for posts that are posted after midnight Sunday of the current week     Schedule of Due Dates       WEEK        ASSIGNMENT  PONTS ss DUEDATE      Discussion    15   Wednesdy    Discussion    oa    idy    IpfoPostDiscussion   10   Sudy  Chapter Question 1 30 Sunday    Discusion3g    15         Wednesdy    IpfoPostDiscussion   10   Sudy  Chapter Question 2 30 Sunday    Discusion5    15     Wednesdy    Discussion6   SCC day  i      InfoPostDiscussion   100                Ssuwdy o  C
6.  two sentence response that shares minimal information  I expect that direct  responses to the discussion questions be at least 250 words to demonstrate your detailed  understanding of the topics  In some cases this may require additional reading or enhancing the  response through sharing experiences that you may have as it relates to the subject matter     In addition to the direct responses to the two questions each week  I am looking for a total of 2  posts in each topic against your classmates     or my  responses  These responses should advance  the discussions and provide more than a    Good post  I agree with you     I will be looking for added  information or experiences or opinions to advance our discussions  I am looking for a minimum of  100 words for these posts to ensure that you have shared enough information to make our  discussions interesting  These participation posts should be posted in a timely manner to provide  relevant input to the discussions  Your two posts for the first weekly topic must be shared by Friday  and your posts for the second weekly topic must be shared by Sunday  Posting earlier is a good thing   Posting after these dates results in no points for the participation portion of the discussions     Please see the Grading Criteria section below     Info Post Discussion  Each week  EXCLUDING Weeks 4 and 8   I will share a number of Info Posts   You may select any post and create a reply  I am looking for the same college level effort in your  
7. Columbia College Online Campus Page ll       CISS 370 DEA  Operating Systems    March Session  14 54   Monday  March 23  2015   Saturday  May 16  2015    Course Description       The hardware  firmware and software organization of computer systems  basic operating systems  concepts  concurrent processes  CPU and disk scheduling  memory management  deadlocks  systems  evaluation and simulation  and performance measurement     Prerequisite  CISS 350 or 358    Proctored Exams  Midterm and Final    Textbooks       Stallings  William  Operating Systems  Internals and Design Principles  Eighth Ed  2015  Prentice Hall   ISBN  978 0 13 380591 8    Textbooks for the course may be ordered from MBS Direct  You can order    e online at http   direct mbsbooks com columbia htm  be sure to select Online Education    rather than your home campus before selecting your class   e by phone at 800 325 3252    For additional information about the bookstore  visit http   www mbsbooks com        Course Overview       Our primary objective for CISS 370 is to provide students with a basic understanding of operating  systems  their structures and some of the issues that must be addressed in designing an operating  system  We will touch upon operating systems for a variety of systems such as standalone  multiuser  and real time embedded     First  we will make our initial introductions and become acquainted with the expectations of the  class  After becoming acquainted we will cover some computer system
8. P  and Microkernels  e Proctor Information is due  Please see Proctor Policy below for details     e Discussion  Go to the appropriate topic in the Discussions area of the course and post your response  to Topic 3 by midnight Wednesday and Topic 4 by midnight Friday  Make sure that you have posted  at least two other messages in each Topic to earn full participation for the week     Topic 3   Describe the 5 State Process Model  Why is each activity important  To wrap up  your discussion  describe at least 3 reasons processes are terminated     Topic 4   Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two types of thread  implementations  Is it better for an operating system to combine the two implementations   Why or why not     e Info Post Discussion  Share your response to one of the Info Posts by midnight Sunday    Requirements are explained in the Assignment Overview portion of this syllabus     e Chapter Question 2  Answer the following question  Please submit your assignment to the  appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of the course by midnight Sunday     Question  Describe the steps that are taken by the operating system to create a process     Columbia College Online Campus Page I7       Explain the activities in your own words as if you had to describe it to a non technical  person     e Quiz 1  Chapters 1   4  is due by no later than 5 00 pm Central Time on Saturday  You can take  the quiz anytime between Monday and Saturday at 5 00 Central     KRKKKRK    NOTE  Th
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10. be  submitted to the appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of the course  Please see the Grading Criteria  section below  Each paper must address the indicated topics and follow these requirements      1  2 3 Pages  a double spaced page is typically 320 340 words    2  12 Point  Arial or Times New Roman  Font    3  Double Spaced    4  1    margins    5  You must use a minimum of 2 references    Quizzes  There will be two quizzes  one in Week 2 and one in Week  6  that will cover various  chapters of the textbook  Each quiz will contain 10 multiple choice questions  They can be accessed  through the Quizzes area of the course and must be completed by Saturday  5 00 PM Central Time on  the week they are given     Exams  There will be two exams  a midterm and a final  Both exams will be computerized and closed  book  They will also be proctored  You are responsible for arranging an acceptable proctor  Please  see Proctor Policy below for details  The midterm exam covers Chapters 1   8  and it is made up of 30  questions that are true false and multiple choice  The final exam covers Chapters 9   16  It will be 30  questions  true false and multiple choice  Both exams can be accessed through the Quizzes area of  the course  and your proctor will be given the password     Note for all assignments  I do not allow recycled work to be submitted in this class  If you wrote a  paper on a similar topic and submitted it in another class it will show up in the TurnlItIn tool and will  hig
11. ere will be no extensions granted for missing the quiz deadline unless you have  circumstances that will not allow you to take the quiz  This must approved by me and  communicated to me in writing prior to missing the deadline     KRKKKRK    Week 3   Concurrency  e Readings     Chapter 5   Concurrency  Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization  Chapter 6   Concurrency  Deadlock and Starvation    e Discussion  Go to the appropriate topic in the Discussions area of the course and post your response  to Topic 5 by midnight Wednesday and Topic 6 by midnight Friday  Make sure that you have posted  at least two other messages in each Topic to earn full participation for the week     Topic 5   Discuss four design issues for concurrency  Order the issues from the most  concerning to the least in your view  Defend your choice for the issue of most concern     Topic 6   Identify and describe the approaches for handling deadlock  Why is it better to  use a combination of approaches versus one     e Info Post Discussion  Share your response to one of the Info Posts by midnight Sunday    Requirements are explained in the Assignment Overview portion of this syllabus     e Chapter Question 3  Answer the following question  Please submit your assignment to the  appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of the course by midnight Sunday     Question  Describe semaphores  monitors  and message passing  How are they used to  provide concurrency     Week 4   Memory    e Readings     Chapter 7   Memory Ma
12. for the course  or dismissal from  the College     Collaboration conducted between students without prior permission from the instructor is  considered plagiarism and will be treated as such  Spouses and roommates taking the same course  should be particularly careful     All required papers may be submitted for textual similarity review to Turnitin com for the detection  of plagiarism  All submitted papers may be included in the Turnitin com reference database for the  purpose of detecting plagiarism  This service is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on  the Turnitin com site     Non Discrimination    There will be no discrimination on the basis of sex  race  color  national origin  sexual orientation   religion  ideology  political affiliation  veteran status  age  physical handicap  or marital status     Columbia College Online Campus Pagelll       Disability Services    Students with documented disabilities who may need academic services for this course are required  to register with the Coordinator for Disability Services at  573  875 7626  Until the student has been  cleared through the disability services office  accommodations do not have to be granted  If you area  student who has a documented disability  it is important for you to read the entire syllabus before  enrolling in the course  The structure or the content of the course may make an accommodation not  feasible     Online Participation    You are expected to read the assigned texts and partic
13. hapter Question 3 30 Sunday    Discusion7   15        Wednesdy  7   Discusiong o   135   o midyo    MidtermExam 150   Monday   Saturday 11 59 pm     Papert t        lt         idl O O ONOUCdLCUUUU swdy    iscussion9   sti   15     Wednesdy    Dis  assin1t0 O   oa    idy      IpfoPostDiscussin   100             Sswmdy o        ChapterQuestiong   30   Sunday       Columbia College Online Campus Page l4       Discussion 11 15 Wednesday  Discussion 12 15 Friday  Quiz 2 50 Saturday  due 11 59 pm   Info Post Discussion 10 Sunday  Chapter Question 5 30 Sunday  Discussion 13 15 Wednesday  Discussion 14 15 Friday  Info Post Discussion 10 Sunday  Chapter Question 6 30 Sunday  Discussion 15 15 Wednesday  Discussion 16 15 Friday  Paper 2 60 Friday  Final Exam 150 11 59 CT Saturday  TOTAL 1000    Assignment Overview    Readings and Activities  We will cover 15 chapters in the required text for this course for an  average of 2 chapters per week  During our discussions I may recommend online articles of interest  that will not be mandatory but will help deepen your understanding of the topics we are discussing   Should you come across an article in your research that you find informative  please share a link to it  in a post along with a short summary of the article     Discussion  Each week  I will post 2 discussion topics  I will be looking for responses to these topics  that are college level efforts  This means each response should be informative and well written and  not a quick one or
14. her so we should get to know each  other  Please introduce yourself in the topic that I have created for this purpose in class  Discussion area  Please share a bit more than just your name  You may wish to include your  profession  hobbies  interest in computers  and any other information that can help us get to  know you a little better    Topic 1   Identify and describe the 3 techniques for input output operations  If you had to  select one for your new operating system  which would you choose  Why     Topic 2   Discuss the four major achievements made in operating systems  Which do you  feel is the most important advance that has been made  Why     Or   Discuss an achievement in operating systems that you feel should be on the list and  justify your belief that it should be added to the list of four in the book     e Info Post Discussion  Share your response to one of the Info Posts by midnight Sunday    Requirements are explained in the Assignment Overview portion of this syllabus     e Chapter Question 1  Answer the following question  Please submit your assignment to the  appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of the course by midnight Sunday     Question  Discuss three objectives of an operating system design for multiprocess and  multicore systems     e Paper 1  Begin working on Paper 1  which will be due in Week 4  The topic for this paper is listed  under Week 4     Week 2   Processes  e Readings   Chapter 3   Process Description and Control  Chapter 4   Threads  SM
15. hlight the recycled work  This is called self plagiarism and is not allowed     Also  limit your quoted material to less than 10  of the total content of the paper  I am looking for  original work and thought so heavy use of properly quoted material  over 10   will result in points  being deducted  I do not deduct as heavy as plagiarized work but reduced originality does result in  reduced points     Course Schedule       Week 1   Computer System Basics and Introduction to Operating Systems  e Readings     Chapter 1   Computer System Overview  Chapter 2   Operating System Overview    e Activities     1  Go visit the Columbia College Online Education Web page  http   www ccis edu online        2  Go visit the Student User Manual site at  http   www ccis edu online studentmanual     3  Go visit your Cougars email site at  http   mail cougars ccis edu       Columbia College Online Campus Page l6       4  Review the items in your Welcome letter  You will find much useful information  If you did  not receive a Welcome letter in your Cougars email box  there is a link on the course home  page to download the Welcome letter     e Discussion  Go to the appropriate topic in the Discussions area of the course and post your response  to the Introduction and Topic 1 by midnight Wednesday and Topic 2 by midnight Friday  Make sure  that you have posted at least two other messages in each Topic to earn full participation for the week     Introduction   We are spending the next 8 weeks toget
16. ing  e Readings   Chapter 9   Uni processor Scheduling  Chapter 10   Multiprocessor and Real Time Scheduling    e Discussion  Go to the appropriate topic in the Discussions area of the course and post your response  to Topic 9 by midnight Wednesday and Topic 10 by midnight Friday  Make sure that you have posted  at least two other messages in each Topic to earn full participation for the week     Topic 9   Select a scheduling policy that would be your choice for an operating system   Describe how it works and why you selected it for your operating system     Topic 10   Discuss the 3 design issues for scheduling on a multiprocessor system     e Info Post Discussion  Share your response to one of the Info Posts by midnight Sunday    Requirements are explained in the Assignment Overview portion of this syllabus     e Chapter Question 4  Answer the following question  Please submit your assignment to the  appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of the course by midnight Sunday     Question  Select two  do not use the one you selected in this week   s first discussion  question  of the following forms of scheduling and provide a description and explanation of  what value each form of scheduling brings to the system  first come first served  round robin   shortest process next  shortest remaining time  highest response ratio next  feedback     e Paper 2  Begin working on Paper 2  that will be due in Week 8  The topic for this paper is listed  under Week 8     Week 6   Disks and I O 
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18. l information  suggestions  disagree with others  participation   i sii  4 and or pose questions that provoke posts  without providing  further discussion  substantiation        Papers and Chapter Questions  Points are for Questions  Double for Paper Points     27 30 Assignment is on time  complete and well presented  24 26 99 Assignment is on time  missing some information    Assignment is 1 day late  complete and well presented    Assignment is on time  missing a good deal information  Assignment is 1 day late  missing some information  Assignment is 2 days late  complete and well presented                         21 23 99          Assignment is on time  missing a significant amount information  Assignment is 1 day late  missing a good deal of information  Assignment is 2 days late  missing some information  Assignment is 3 days late  complete and well presented    18 20 99          Assignment is on time but fails to meet the requirement of the assignment  Assignment is 1 day late  missing a significant amount of information  Assignment is 2 days late  missing a good deal of information   Assignment is 3 days late  missing some information   Assignment is 4 days late  complete and well presented    0 Assignment is greater than 4 days late    0 17 99       
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20. nagement  Chapter 8   Virtual Memory    e Discussion  Go to the appropriate topic in the Discussions area of the course and post your response  to Topic 7 by midnight Wednesday and Topic 8 by midnight Friday  Make sure that you have posted  at least two other messages in each Topic to earn full participation for the week     Topic 7   Discuss each of the memory management requirements  Why is memory  management essential for today   s computing systems     Topic 8   Provide a brief description of 4 replacement algorithms  Which do you prefer and  which can you do without  Why     e NO Required Info Post Discussion  Write your paper and study for the Exam    Feel free to share  posts in the Info Post section if you wish     e Paper 1  Please submit Paper  1 to the appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of the course by  midnight Sunday  The topic is below     Provide a brief history of Windows  Linux  MacOS  and a mobile OS  iOS  Windows Phone or  Android      Columbia College Online Campus Page I8       Explain the factors that users should consider when selecting an operating system for their  personal computers and mobile devices     e Midterm Exam  Chapters 1 8     You may take the Exam any time Monday thru Saturday as coordinated with your proctor   Please make sure you coordinate to complete the exam No Later than 11 59 pm Central  Time on Saturday so I will have the results before close of business on Saturday   Remember  the exam is closed book     Week 5   The Schedul
21. olicy    An online class requires regular participation and a commitment to your instructor and your  classmates to regularly engage in the reading  discussion and writing assignments  Although most of  the online communication for this course is asynchronous  you must be able to commit to the  schedule of work for the class for the next eight weeks  You must keep up with the schedule of  reading and writing to successfully complete the class     e Late Discussion postings will receive no credit unless previously approved by the instructor   First Weekly Topic postings are due by Wednesday and Second Weekly Topic postings are due  by Friday  Info Post Discussions are due by Sunday     e Late Dropbox Assignments will be accepted up to 4 days late with a 10  deduction in points per  day  Any assignment posted after 4 days past the original due date will receive no credit    e NOTE  No assignments are accepted after the last day of school unless approved by the  instructor prior to the due date     Course Evaluation    You will have the opportunity to evaluate the course near the end of the session  Course evaluations  will open on Sunday of Week 5 and will remain open until Thursday of Week 7  A link will be sent to    Columbia College Online Campus Page 112       your CougarMail that will allow you to access the evaluation  Be assured that the evaluations are  anonymous and that your instructor will not be able to see them until after final grades are  submitted     Proctor Po
22. response looking for you to share at least 150 words for the Info Post Discussion     The Info Post discussion in Weeks 4 and 8 are not graded and the extra posts are not required but  they certainly are not discouraged  If you would like to enhance our discussions feel free to share as  many posts as you are able     Chapter Questions  There will be six Chapter Question assignments that will be based on the  chapters in the textbook  They should be submitted to the appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of    Columbia College Online Campus Page  5       the course by the assigned due date  These responses must be complete but you do not have to  submit them in a formal format  However  they should be written clearly and be understandable so  please use proper English and avoid acronyms unless you also spell them out the first time they are  used  Never use abbreviations  As with the topic responses I am looking for a college level effort so  the same rules apply  I do not have a fixed length for these responses but would expect that they are  more detailed than the Weekly topic responses  Set a goal of a minimum of 350  words and you  should be able to adequately cover the material     Papers  Each student will be required to write two papers covering operating system topics  The  first is assigned during Week 1 and will be due at the end of Week 4  The second is assigned at the  beginning of the Week 5 and is due on the last day of class  Saturday of Week 8   Papers should 
23. s on clients but introduces issues on  availability and latencies  Our discussions will cover the pros and cons of fat and thin clients     Technology Requirements       Participation in this course will require the basic technology for all online classes at Columbia    College     A computer with reliable Internet access    a web browser    Acrobat Reader    Microsoft Office or another word processor such as Open Office     You can find more details about standard technical requirements for our courses on our site        Describe any additional technology requirements unique to this class     Course Objectives       To examine the issues involved in operating system design and operation    To understand concurrency control issues    To examine file and memory management techniques    To understand scheduling issues and approaches including processor scheduling and disk  scheduling    To understand embedded operating systems and their uses    To investigate virtual environments and distributed processing    To investigate operating system security issues     Measurable Learning Outcomes       Grading    Explain the major functions of an operating system    Explain threads    Explain concurrency control including deadlock and starvation and techniques for managing  concurrency    Evaluate memory management issues including virtual memory  paging  and segmentation  techniques    Contrast the most common processor scheduling techniques including the advantages and  disadvantages
24. ussion  Go to the appropriate topic in the Discussions area of the course and post your response  to Topic 15 by midnight Wednesday and Topic 16 by midnight Friday  Make sure that you have  posted at least two other messages in each Topic to earn full participation for the week     Topic 15   Describe the 3 Access Control Policies  Are these effective in securing our  systems  What would you do to improve them     Topic 16   Discuss Client Server Computing  Make sure to touch on the importance of the  network in this environment     e NO Required Info Post Discussion  Write your paper and study for the Exam    Feel free to share  posts in the Info Post section if you wish     e Paper 2  Please submit Paper 2 to the appropriate folder in the Dropbox area of the course by  midnight Friday  The topic is below     Columbia College Online Campus Page 110       Describe the following categories of operating systems   Stand Alone  Single User   Network  Multi user   Embedded  Include several examples of manufacturers of operating systems in each of these categories   Include several examples of platforms  systems  that use each of these operating systems   e Final Exam  Chapters 9 16     You may take the Exam any time Monday thru Saturday as coordinated with your proctor   Please make sure you coordinate to complete the exam No Later than 11 59 pm Central  Time on Saturday so I will have the results before close of business on Saturday   Remember  the exam is closed book     Course 
    
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