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Refers to a computer that ceases to operate due to hardware or software failure. A communications line is down when it is unable to transfer data.

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With regard to computers, unavailable for use, out of service, as when a computer malfunctions or is being tested.

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adjective

1. Characterized by reduced economic activity: dull, off, slack, slow, sluggish, soft. See increase/decrease.
2. Suffering from or affected with an illness: ill, sick, unwell. Informal laid up. Chiefly Regional poorly. See health/sickness.
3. In low spirits: blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful. Idioms: downatinthe mouth. See happy/unhappy.

noun

A sudden drop to a lower condition or status: comedown, descent, downfall, downgrade,, rise/fall.

verb

1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, drop, fell¹, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang deck¹. Idioms: lay low. See rise/fall.
2. To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts: bolt, englut, engorge, gobble, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, swill, wolf. See ingestion.

Idioms beginning with down:
down one's neck
down the pike
down to size
down and out
down cold, have
down for the count
down on
down on one's luck
down the hatch
down the road
down to

See also back down; batten down the hatches; bear down; beat down; be down; belt down; bog down; boil down to; break down; breathe down one's neck; bring down; bring down the house; buckle down; build down; burn down; call down; cast down; caught with one's pants down; chow down; clamp down; close down; come down; come down on; come down to; come down with; cool down; cool off (down); count down; crack down; cut down; deep down; die away (down); dig down; draw down; dressing down; face down; fall down; flag down to; get down to brass tacks; go down (downhill); go down the line; hand down; hands down; hold down; it's all downhill; jump down someone's throat; keep down; knock back (down); knock down with a feather; knuckle down; lay down; lay down the law; lead down the garden path; let down easy; let one's hair down; let someone down; let the side down; lie down (on the job); live down; look down on; lowdown, get the; mark down; mow down; nail down; pin down; pipe down; play down; plunk down; pull down; put down; put down roots; put one's foot down; ram down someone's throat; ring down the curtain; rub down; run down; scale down; sell down the river; send down; set down; settle down; shake down; shoot down; shout down; shut down; simmer down; sit down; slap down; slow down; splash down; stand down; stare down; step down; strike down; suit down to the ground; take down; take down a notch; take lying down; talk down to; tear down; the lowdown on; throw down the gauntlet; thumbs up (down); tie down; tone down; touch down; track down; trade down; turn down; turn upside down; ups and downs; vote down; wash down; water down; wear down; weigh down; when it comes (down) to; when the chips are down; wind down; write down.

adj

Definition: unhappy
Antonyms: cheerful, cheery, happy, heartened

adj, adv

Definition: below; physically lower
Antonyms: above, higher

1. adj. Not operating. “The up escalator is down” is considered a humorous thing to say (unless of course you were expecting to use it), and “The elevator is down” always means “The elevator isn't working” and never refers to what floor the elevator is on. With respect to computers, this term has passed into the mainstream; the extension to other kinds of machine is still confined to techies (e.g. boiler mechanics may speak of a boiler being down).

2. go down vi. To stop functioning; usually said of the system. The message from the console that every hacker hates to hear from the operator is “System going down in 5 minutes”.

3. take down, bring down vt. To deactivate purposely, usually for repair work or PM. “I'm taking the system down to work on that bug in the tape drive.” Occasionally one hears the word down by itself used as a verb in this vt. sense.

See crash; oppose up.

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[down]

adv. 1. (of sailing) with the current or the wind.

2. (of a ship's helm) moved around to leeward so that the rudder is to windward and the vessel swings toward the wind.

v. informal

knock or bring to the ground: 175 enemy aircraft had been downed.

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IN BRIEF: Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place.

What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down. — Mary Pickford.

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sign description: The index finger point down.

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noun
noun, orig Austral

1: to have a down on To dislike, be badly disposed towards. (1828 —) .
W. S. Maugham She had a down on Lady Kastellan and didn't care what she said about her (1947).

2: orig US = downer noun 2. Often in pl. (1969 —) .
M. Kaye Tom needed money for drugs...pot, acid, speed, ups, downs (1972).

[In sense 1, from obs. Brit criminals' slang down suspicion, alarm, discovery.]

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For a list of words related to down, see:

• Beards and Mustaches - down: soft, boyish growth of beard
• Plains and Marshes - down: rolling, open, upland region of grassy land
• General Technology - down: (adj) not operational; said of a computer, network, or system
• Baseball - down: the number of outs; example, there are two down (two outs) and nobody on base
• Football
• Prepositions
• Sad, Serious, Pessimistic, or Discontented
• Relative Positions - down: (adv) in or to a lower position; toward or at the bottom

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See words rhyming with "Downing."

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adv. - ned, nede, nedad, ned mod, ned til, nede i, sydpå, væk, ud, syg, sengeliggende, i underskud
prep. - ned, gennem tiderne, til ro, på, ind
adj. - nedadgående, udgående, nedtrykt, slået ud, subsistensløs, billig
v. tr. - slå ned, sluge, skylle ned
v. intr. - nedstige
n. - nedlægning, nedgang, uheld, depression, første brik

idioms:

• be down and out    være slået ud, være subsistensløs
• down and dirty    forsumpet og beskidt
• down at heel    nedslidt, udtrådt, forsumpet
• down for    berammet til
• down in the dumps    deprimeret, nede
• down payment    udbetaling
• down the drain    ned i kloakken
• down the line    helt igennem
• down to    til og med
• down to the ground    helt til bunds, helt igennem
• down to the smallest detail    ned til mindste detalje
• down under    i Australien, på New Zealand
• down with    ned med, ud med
• get down    duk dig/jer
• get knocked down    blive slået ned
• go down    gå ned, glide ned, synke, komme i fængsel
• go down as    blive husket som, gå over i historien som
• go down with    få, blive accepteret af

2.
n. - dun, dunfyld, fin behåring, fnug

3.
n. - højdedrag, bakkeland

idioms:

• down's syndrome    mongolisme

Nederlands (Dutch)
beneden, onder, neergaand, omlaag, neer, gedeprimeerd, buiten dienst, afgesproken (genoteerd), afgeslagen (prijs), bepaald aantal punten achter (sport), tegenslag, dons, duin, ronde, onderdrukken, opdrinken, verslaan, neerslaan

Français (French)
1.
adv. - en bas, vers le bas, à terre, jusqu'à
prep. - au pied, en bas (de la côte), (fig) au cours (de), le long de
adj. - déprimé, qui descend, descendant, en panne, en provenance de (train)
v. tr. - abattre, terrasser, descendre, cesser le travail, débrayer (une grève), vider (un verre)
v. intr. - descendre
n. - duvet, peau (veloutée)

idioms:

• down and dirty    explicite, direct, peu scrupuleux
• down and out    aller au tapis pour le compte (boxe), être hors de combat, être sur le pavé, être sur la paille, être sans le sou
• down at heel    miteux
• down for    être désigné pour, être inscrit pour
• down in the dumps    être cafardeux
• down on    (avoir) une dent contre (qn), en vouloir à qn
• down payment    (Fin) acompte, versement à la commande
• down the drain    dans les égouts, (fig) gaspillé, perdu (du temps)
• down the line    tout le long
• down to    jusqu'au (moindre détail)
• down to the ground    à terre, aplati sur le sol
• down to the smallest detail    jusque dans les moindres détails
• down under    Nouvelle-Zélande, en Australie/Nouvelle-Zélande, aux antipodes
• down with    être au lit avec (la grippe, une maladie)
• get down    descendre, faire descendre, quitter la table, se coucher, se baisser, avaler (un médicament), noter (un discours)
• get knocked down    démonter, simplifier, écourter (une version)
• get someone down    déprimer qn, fatiguer/abattre qn, atteindre qn (enfoui dans des décombres), se mettre à la portée de qn
• get something down    inscrire qch sur, noter qch sur
• go down    descendre, descendre de, se coucher (le soleil), sombrer, baisser, se dégonfler, continuer (jusqu'à la fin de la page, etc)
• go down as    retenir/se souvenir de (qn, qch) comme
• go down on    se mettre/se jeter à (genoux, etc)
• go down with    tomber malade, être infecté

2.
n. - (Zool) duvet, poil, (Bot) duvet (sur une plante), coton, duvet (d'une barbe naissante)

3.
n. - colline dénudée, (GB, Géog) les Dunes (npl)

idioms:

• down's syndrome    (Méd) mongolisme, trisomie

Deutsch (German)
1.
adv. - unten, runter, herab, nach unten, am/zu Boden, bar, nieder, down
prep. - herunter, hinunter, (ugs) runter, entlang
adj. - herab, nach unten
v. - hinlegen, fertigmachen, leertrinken, abschießen, abwerfen, fallen, sinken lassen, herunterkommen
n. - Abstieg, Unannehmlichkeit, (Fussball) Spielabschnitt

idioms:

• down and dirty    direkt und anzüglich
• down and out    mittellos, kein Geld mehr haben, am Ende sein, K.O., schwach, unfähig
• down at heel    abgetreten, heruntergekommen
• down for    vorgesehen
• down in the dumps    lustlos, verdrossen
• down on    etwas gegen jmdn./etwas haben
• down payment    Anzahlung
• down the drain    (ugs.) für die Katz
• down the line    in der Zukunft
• down to    bis einschließlich, zurückzuführen auf
• down to the ground    (ugs.) völlig
• down to the smallest detail    bis ins kleinste Detail
• down under    in/nach Australien/ Neuseeland
• down with    erkrankt an
• get down    heruntersteigen, sich ducken, aufschreiben, deprimieren, herunterschlucken, schlucken, nehmen
• get knocked down    heruntergehandelt werden, umgerannt/-fahren werden
• get someone down    jmdn. hin-/herunterbringen, jmdn. hin-/herunterbekommen, jmdn. hin-/herunterholen
• get something down    etwas aufschreiben, etwas mit Schwierigkeiten hinunterschlucken
• go down    untergehen, sinken, abstürzen, fallen, abnehmen, unterliegen, ausfallen, niedergeschrieben werden
• go down as    in die Annalen eingehen als
• go down on    (sl) Fellatio od. Cunnilingus durchführen/ausführen
• go down with    erkranken an

2.
n. - (Geog) Hügel, (Geog) baumloser Höhenzug

3.
n. - Flaum, Daunen

idioms:

• down's syndrome    Mongolismus

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατεβάζω, καταρρίπτω, ρίχνω κάτω, (κατα)πίνω, καταβροχθίζω, (Βρετ.) νικώ, κατατροπώνω
adv. - κάτω, χάμω, χαμηλά, σε χαμηλό επίπεδο, προς τα κάτω ή προς τα μέσα, σε κακή κατάσταση, σε μαύρο χάλι, σε πτώση, γερά, στερεά
n. - χνούδι, πούπουλο, (γεωγρ.) (αμμώδης) χερσόλοφος, (καθομ.) τρίχωμα εφηβαίου
adj. - κινούμενος ή τείνων προς τα κάτω, (για μηχάνημα) εκτός λειτουργίας από βλάβη, κρεβατωμένος, κλινήρης (από ασθένεια κ.λπ.), πεσμένος, σε κακή φόρμα

idioms:

• be down and out    ξοφλημένος, εκτός μάχης
• come down    κατέρχομαι, κατεβαίνω, πέφτω, ξεπέφτω
• come down on    πιέζω, τιμωρώ, επιπλήττω
• come down to    συμποσούμαι, συνοψίζομαι, καταντώ, καταλήγω
• come down with    αρρωσταίνω
• down and dirty    σε συμπλοκή, σε άγρια διαμάχη, (για σεξ) βρόμικο
• down at heel    (καθομ.) εξαθλιωμένος, κουρελής, μπατίρης
• down for    εγγράφομαι για
• down in the dumps    μελαγχολικός, αποκαρδιωμένος
• down payment    προκαταβολή
• down the drain    (καθομ.) χαραμισμένος
• down the line    καθ' όλα, απ' όλες τις απόψεις
• down to    μέχρι και
• down to the ground    εντελώς, πέρα για πέρα
• down to the smallest detail    μέχρι την παραμικρή λεπτομέρεια
• down under    (καθομ.) (στους) αντίποδες, στην περιοχή της Αυστραλίας ή της Ν. Ζηλανδίας
• down with    έξω ο, κάτω ο
• Down's syndrome    σύνδρομο του Ντάουν, μογγολισμός
• Downing Street    (μτφ.) (Βρετ.) η οδός της πρωθυπουργικής κατοικίας
• get down    κατεβαίνω, καταχωρώ, καταθλίβω, αποβιβάζομαι
• get knocked down    με ρίχνουν κάτω
• go down    κατέρχομαι, κατεβαίνω, δύω, πέφτω, βυθίζομαι, βουλιάζω, καταχωρούμαι
• go down as    γίνομαι δεκτός, γίνομαι πιστευτός
• go down with    πέφτω άρρωστος με, γίνομαι δεκτός από

Italiano (Italian)
stendere, falciare, abbattere, giù, piuma, peluria, abbattuto, all'ingiù

idioms:

• be down    essere giù di morale
• be down and out    essere al verde
• down and dirty    sleale, tutti i mezzi sono buoni
• down at heel    in ginocchio
• down for    destinato a farsi/succedere
• down in the dumps    abbattuto
• down payment    anticipo
• down the drain    sprecato
• down to    fino a
• down to the ground    fino in fondo
• down to the smallest detail    nei minimi particolari
• down under    in Australia
• down with    abbasso
• Down's syndrome    mongolismo
• Downing Street    Downing Street
• get down    abbassarsi
• get knocked down    essere abbattuto
• halfway down    a metà
• let down    deludere
• set down on    posare su

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cair, mencionar
adv. - para baixo
n. - duna (f)
adj. - descendente

idioms:

• be down    estar triste
• be down and out    sem dinheiro, sem casa, sem trabalho
• down and dirty    ter a questão principal nas mãos
• down at heel    malvestido
• down for    preparado para
• down in the dumps    profundamente deprimido
• down payment    pagamento (m) à vista
• down the drain    pelo esgoto abaixo
• down to    até
• down to the ground    cair no chão
• down to the smallest detail    ser minucioso
• down under    estar embaixo de, Austrália (coloq.)
• down with    estar doente com
• Down's syndrome    síndrome (f) de Down
• Downing Street    residência (f) do governo da Grã-Bretanha
• get down    descer
• get knocked down    ser nocauteado
• go down    descer
• go down as    ser registrado como
• go down with    ser bem recebido
• halfway down    meio caminho andado
• keep down    sujeitar, reprimir
• let down    humilhar, sujeitar
• set down    situado, considerado
• set down on    estabelecido
• stand down    largar o serviço
• take down    desmontar
• up and down    aqui e acolá
• ups and downs    altos e baixos

Русский (Russian)
одолевать, сажать (самолет), опрокидывать, вниз, пух, подавленный, опускающийся

idioms:

• be down    спуститься вниз, сесть (о солнце), повесить нос
• be down and out    остаться ни с чем
• down and dirty    сделано на скорую руку
• down at heel    грязный и оборванный
• down for    записан
• down in the dumps    подавленный
• down payment    авансовый платеж
• down the drain    коту под хвост, ко всем чертям
• down to    спуститься до, вниз до
• down to the ground    полностью, совершенно
• down to the smallest detail    до мельчайших подробностей
• down under    Австралия
• down with    низвергнуть, долой!
• Down's syndrome    синдром фауна
• Downing Street    фаунинг-стрит, британское правительство
• get down    опускаться, выходить из-за стола, снимать, глотать
• get knocked down    упасть навзничь
• go down    опускаться, садиться (о солнце), стихать (о ветре), уходить под воду (о корабле и пр.), быть проглоченным, быть побежденным, оставлять (университет, курс и т.п.), садиться в тюрьму
• go down as    сходить (за кого-л. или за что-л.)
• go down with    быть приемлемым, заслуживать чьего-л. одобрения
• halfway down    посередине
• keep down    сдерживать
• let down    спустить, подводить
• set down    поставить, ввести в действие
• set down on    поставить на
• stand down    уступать, освобождать место, уходить в отставку, уступать право, покидать свидетельское место, быть расформированным, отменять состояние боевой готовности, сменяться с дежурства
• take down    снимать (со стены и т.д.), сносить дом, записывать заметки, протоколировать, снижать (цены и т.п.), разбирать на части
• up and down    взад-вперед, тщательно
• ups and downs    взлеты и падения

Español (Spanish)
1.
adv. - abajo, para abajo, hacia abajo, derrota, en un sándwich
prep. - hacia abajo
adj. - abajo, para abajo, hacia abajo, deprimido, parte del precio total, fuera de funcionamiento, hacia el sur
v. tr. - abatir, derribar, tragar, tirar al suelo, vaciar de un trago, ganar en un juego
v. intr. - caerse
n. - tirar al suelo, hacia abajo, situación deprimente, tostada servido en un restorán, droga depresiva, movimiento descendente, caída

idioms:

• down and dirty    función artística audaz, directa y algo vulgar
• down and out    estar sin un cuarto, estar en la miseria, sin fuerza física, (boxeo) fuera de combate, incapacitado
• down at heel    andrajoso, venido a menos, gastado, de mala muerte
• down for    anotado para el día...
• down in the dumps    desanimado, deprimido
• down on    tener odio
• down payment    desembolso inicial, anticipo
• down the drain    dinero, trabajo o tiempo malgastado
• down the line    evento en el curso de una situación o actividad, del primero al último
• down to    queda solamente..., depende de, incluir todo y todos
• down to the ground    completamente
• down to the smallest detail    hasta en los menores detalles
• down under    en Australia, en las antípodas
• down with    estar en cama con
• get down    deprimir, desanimar, bajar, desmontar, apuntar, poner por escrito
• get knocked down    quedar fuera de combate
• get someone down    tirar alguien abajo
• get something down    anotar algo, tragar alimentos o bebidas con dificultad
• go down    caer, caerse, bajar, descender, decaer, hundirse, disminuir, ser acogido, pasar a la historia, dejar la universidad, dejar constancia
• go down as    considerar, recordar como
• go down on    caerse
• go down with    enfermarse de, pillar, coger

2.
n. - plumón, vello, pelusa, pelusilla

3.
n. - pradera, ovino criado en las praderas al sur de Inglaterra

idioms:

• down's syndrome    síndrome de Down

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - slå ned
adv. - ned
n. - nedgång, kuperat hedland, dun på ung fågel
adj. - nedåt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
当机

idioms:

• down's syndrome    唐氏症候群, 唐氏症

1. 向下, 在下面, 向楼下, 下, 情绪低落的, 消沉的, 向下的, 下行的, 落后的, 往...下方, 在...尽头, 在...下方, 沿着, 倒霉事, 下降, 失败, 萧条, 击倒, 喝下, 吞下, 打败, 下去

idioms:

• be down and out    贫病潦倒
• down and dirty    很努力的做
• down at heel    褴褛, 邋遢
• down for    因...就完了
• down in the dumps    十分沮丧的
• down payment    分期付款的头款
• down the drain    浪费
• down the line    往市中心去, 完全地
• down to    下至
• down to the ground    完全的
• down to the smallest detail    到最小的细节
• down under    澳洲或纽西兰
• down with    打倒, 把...拿下
• get down    下来, 写下, 吞下
• get knocked down    被击倒
• go down    落下, 减弱, 下降, 被记载
• go down as    ...被记在历史上
• go down with    染上疾病

2. 绒毛, 羽绒, 柔毛

3. 有草丘陵地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
當機

idioms:

• down's syndrome    唐氏症候群, 唐氏症

1.
adv. - 向下, 在下面, 向樓下, 下
adj. - 情緒低落的, 消沈的, 向下的, 下行的, 落後的
prep. - 往...下方, 在...盡頭, 在...下方, 沿著
n. - 倒楣事, 下降, 失敗, 蕭條
v. tr. - 擊倒, 喝下, 吞下, 打敗
v. intr. - 下去

idioms:

• be down and out    貧病潦倒
• down and dirty    很努力的做
• down at heel    襤褸, 邋遢
• down for    因...就完了
• down in the dumps    十分沮喪的
• down payment    分期付款的頭款
• down the drain    浪費
• down the line    往市中心去, 完全地
• down to    下至
• down to the ground    完全的
• down to the smallest detail    到最小的細節
• down under    澳洲或紐西蘭
• down with    打倒, 把...拿下
• get down    下來, 寫下, 吞下
• get knocked down    被擊倒
• go down    落下, 減弱, 下降, 被記載
• go down as    ...被記在歷史上
• go down with    染上疾病

2.
n. - 有草丘陵地

3.
n. - 絨毛, 羽絨, 柔毛

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adv. - 낮은 쪽으로, 후대에, 하락하여, 떠나서
prep. - 아래의, 후대의, 하락한, 떠난
adj. - 아래의, 떠난, 하락한
v. tr. - 무시하다, 마시다, 지우다
v. intr. - 내려가다
n. - 하강, 쇠퇴

idioms:

• be down and out    쇠락하여 없어지다
• down for    리스트에 이름이 있다
• down to    내려가다
• down with    나빠져서
• get down    파고 들다
• get knocked down    녹초가 되다
• go down    남쪽으로
• go down as    기억하여
• go down with    나빠지다

2.
n. - (새의) 부드러운 털

3.
n. - (넓은) 고원지

idioms:

• down's syndrome    다운 증후군(유전병의 일종)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 下り, 不運, 没落, 綿毛, うぶ毛, 細くて柔らかい毛, 羽毛, ダウン
v. - 打ち倒す, 飲み込む
adj. - 下への, 下りの, 頭金の, リードされて, 気落ちした, アウトになって, 終わって
adv. - 下へ, 降りて, 下に, 飲み下して, 南へ, 下流へ, 低い方へ, 書き留めて, 離れて, 下がって
prep. - 下って, 下流に, 沿って

idioms:

• be down    下にある, 倒れている
• be down and out    ノックアウトされて, すっかりおちぶれて, 落ちぶれて
• down for    名前が載っている
• down to    下って
• down with    降ろせ, 即座に出せ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينهي مشروبا بسرعه, يسقط شيئا وبخاصه طائرة, ينزل, يهزم (ظرف) من أعلى إلى الأسفل, في داخل الجسم, نحو الأرض, تحت, بعيدا عن مكان هام, جنوبا, مقدما ( كدفعه تحت الحساب) (الاسم) ريش ناعم, شعر ناعم رقيق, هبوط, انحدار, ركود, حقد (صفه) حزين, مكتئب, معطل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮למטה, בכתב, דרומה, בחוזקה, על הנייר, במזומנים, בשפל, בכיוון יורד, עם הזרם או עם הרוח, לכיוון הרוח (הגה הספינה)‬
adj. - ‮שוכב, יורד, מדוכדך, גמור, בשפל‬
prep. - ‮עד ל-, בשפל, מלמעלה למטה, לאורך, לתוך, דרך‬
n. - ‮ירידה, פלומה, נפילה, תקופת שפל, מזל רע‬
v. tr. - ‮הפיל, הביס, בלע‬
v. intr. - ‮היה בשפל‬
n. - ‮פלומה, שיער רך בעיקר על הפנים, מוך, פלומה על עלים‬
n. - ‮שטח של גבעות עגלגלות‬
down's syndrome - ‮תסמונת דאון‬

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