{{Short description|Character sets used by Adobe Systems' PostScript}} {{Infobox character encoding |name = PostScript Standard Encoding |alias = Code page 1276 |by = Adobe |otherrelated = {{flatlist| <!-- * DIN 31624 --> * ETS 300 706 * ISO 5426 * ISO 6937, ITU T.51 * ITU T.61 * ITU T.101 * NeXT Multinational}} }} The '''PostScript Standard Encoding''' (often spelled '''StandardEncoding''', aliased as '''PostScript'''<ref name="Czyborra_1998_StdEnc"/>) is one of the character sets (or encoding vectors) used by Adobe Systems' PostScript (PS) since 1984.<ref name="Adobe_PLRM3"/> In 1995, IBM assigned '''code page 1276''' (CCSID 1276) to this character set.<ref>{{cite web|title=Code page 1276 information document|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218095927/https://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/cp/cp01276.html|archive-date=2017-02-18|url=https://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/cp/cp01276.html}}</ref><ref name="IBM_CP1276"/> NeXT based the character set for its NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP operating systems on this one.
==Character set== The following table shows the PostScript Standard Encoding. Each character is shown with a potential Unicode equivalent. Codepoints 00<sub>hex</sub> (0) to 7F<sub>hex</sub> (127) are nearly identical to ASCII. (The characters at positions 27<sub>hex</sub> and 60<sub>hex</sub> reflect an earlier interpretation of the visual appearance of those ASCII characters than the interpretation that was formalized in Unicode; see {{section link|Quotation mark|Typewriters and early computers}}.) The upper half of the table contains punctuation and typographic characters, currency symbols, ligatured letters, a selection of modified base letters used in European languages, and a selection of diacritic marks to be used in composing accented letters.
{|class="notatypo" {{chset-table-header1|PostScript Standard Encoding<ref>{{Citation|title=Code Page CPGID 01276 (pdf)|url=https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/globalization/gcoc/attachments/CP01276.pdf|publisher=IBM}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Code Page CPGID 01276 (txt)|url=https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/globalization/gcoc/attachments/CP01276.txt|publisher=IBM}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=International Components for Unicode (ICU), ibm-1276_P100-1995.ucm|url=https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/master/icu4c/source/data/mappings/ibm-1276_P100-1995.ucm|date=2002-12-03}}</ref><ref name="Unicode_2011_StdEnc"/><ref name="Adobe_PLRM3"/><ref name="Adobe_PLRM2"/><ref name="Czyborra_1998_StdEnc"/><ref name="Monmouth_2011_StdEncoding"/><ref name="Kostis_2000_AdobeStd"/>}} |- | {{chset-left1|0x}} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0000: NULL | NUL }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0001: START OF HEADING | SOH }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0002: START OF TEXT | STX }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0003: END OF TEXT | ETX }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0004: END OF TRANSMISSION | EOT }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0005: ENQUIRY | ENQ }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0006: ACKNOWLEDGE | ACK }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0007: ALERT | BEL }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0008: BACKSPACE | BS }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0009: CHARACTER TABULATION | HT }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+000A: LINE FEED | LF }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+000B: LINE TABULATION | VT }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+000C: FORM FEED | FF }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+000D: CARRIAGE RETURN | CR }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+000E: SHIFT OUT | SO }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+000F: SHIFT IN | SI }} |- | {{chset-left1|1x}} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0010: DATA LINK ESCAPE | DLE }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0011: DEVICE CONTROL ONE | DC1 }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0012: DEVICE CONTROL TWO | DC2 }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0013: DEVICE CONTROL THREE | DC3 }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0014: DEVICE CONTROL FOUR | DC4 }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0015: NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE | NAK }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0016: SYNCHRONOUS IDLE | SYN }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0017: END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK | ETB }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0018: CANCEL | CAN }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0019: END OF MEDIUM | EM }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+001A: SUBSTITUTE | SUB }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+001B: ESCAPE | ESC }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+001C: INFORMATION SEPARATOR FOUR | FS }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+001D: INFORMATION SEPARATOR THREE | GS }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+001E: INFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO | RS }} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+001F: INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE | US }} |- | {{chset-left1|2x}} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+0020: SPACE | SP }} |{{chset-cell1|U+0021: EXCLAMATION MARK|!}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0022: QUOTATION MARK|" }} |{{chset-cell1|U+0023: NUMBER SIGN|#}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0024: DOLLAR SIGN|$}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0025: PERCENT SIGN|%}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0026: AMPERSAND|&}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2019: RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK|’}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0028: LEFT PARENTHESIS|(}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0029: RIGHT PARENTHESIS|)}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002A: ASTERISK|*}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002B: PLUS SIGN|+}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002C: COMMA|, }} |{{chset-cell1|U+002D: HYPHEN-MINUS|-}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002E: FULL STOP|.}} |{{chset-cell1|U+002F: SOLIDUS|/ }} |- |{{chset-left1|3x}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0030: DIGIT ZERO|0}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0031: DIGIT ONE|1}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0032: DIGIT TWO|2}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0033: DIGIT THREE|3}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0034: DIGIT FOUR|4}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0035: DIGIT FIVE|5}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0036: DIGIT SIX|6}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0037: DIGIT SEVEN|7}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0038: DIGIT EIGHT|8}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0039: DIGIT NINE|9}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003A: COLON|:}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003B: SEMICOLON|;}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003C: LESS-THAN SIGN|<}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003D: EQUALS SIGN|{{=}}}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003E: GREATER-THAN SIGN|>}} |{{chset-cell1|U+003F: QUESTION MARK|?}} |- |{{chset-left1|4x}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0040: COMMERCIAL AT|@}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0041: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A|A}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0042: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B|B}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0043: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C|C}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0044: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D|D}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0045: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E|E}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0046: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F|F}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0047: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G|G}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0048: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H|H}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0049: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I|I}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004A: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J|J}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004B: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K|K}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004C: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L|L}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004D: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M|M}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004E: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N|N}} |{{chset-cell1|U+004F: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O|O}} |- |{{chset-left1|5x}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0050: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P|P}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0051: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q|Q}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0052: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R|R}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0053: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S|S}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0054: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T|T}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0055: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U|U}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0056: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V|V}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0057: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W|W}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0058: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X|X}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0059: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y|Y}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005A: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z|Z}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005B: LEFT SQUARE BRACKET|[}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005C: REVERSE SOLIDUS|\}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005D: RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET|]}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005E: CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT|^}} |{{chset-cell1|U+005F: LOW LINE|_}} |- |{{chset-left1|6x}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2018: LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK|‘}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0061: LATIN SMALL LETTER A|a}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0062: LATIN SMALL LETTER B|b}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0063: LATIN SMALL LETTER C|c}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0064: LATIN SMALL LETTER D|d}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0065: LATIN SMALL LETTER E|e}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0066: LATIN SMALL LETTER F|f}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0067: LATIN SMALL LETTER G|g}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0068: LATIN SMALL LETTER H|h}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0069: LATIN SMALL LETTER I|i}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006A: LATIN SMALL LETTER J|j}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006B: LATIN SMALL LETTER K|k}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006C: LATIN SMALL LETTER L|l}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006D: LATIN SMALL LETTER M|m}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006E: LATIN SMALL LETTER N|n}} |{{chset-cell1|U+006F: LATIN SMALL LETTER O|o}} |- |{{chset-left1|7x}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0070: LATIN SMALL LETTER P|p}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0071: LATIN SMALL LETTER Q|q}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0072: LATIN SMALL LETTER R|r}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0073: LATIN SMALL LETTER S|s}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0074: LATIN SMALL LETTER T|t}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0075: LATIN SMALL LETTER U|u}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0076: LATIN SMALL LETTER V|v}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0077: LATIN SMALL LETTER W|w}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0078: LATIN SMALL LETTER X|x}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0079: LATIN SMALL LETTER Y|y}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007A: LATIN SMALL LETTER Z|z}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007B: LEFT CURLY BRACKET|{}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007C: VERTICAL LINE|{{pipe}}}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007D: RIGHT CURLY BRACKET|}}} |{{chset-cell1|U+007E: TILDE|~}} | {{chset-ctrl1 | U+007F: DELETE | DEL }} |- |{{chset-left1|8x}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |- |{{chset-left1|9x}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |- |{{chset-left1|Ax}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A1: INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK|¡}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A2: CENT SIGN|¢}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A3: POUND SIGN|£}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2215: DIVISION SLASH|∕}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A5: YEN SIGN|¥}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0192: LATIN SMALL LETTER F WITH HOOK|ƒ}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A7: SECTION SIGN|§}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A4: CURRENCY SIGN|¤}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0027: APOSTROPHE|'}} |{{chset-cell1|U+201C: LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK|“}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00AB: LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|«}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2039: SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|‹}} |{{chset-cell1|U+203A: SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|›}} |{{chset-cell1|U+FB01: LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FI|fi}} |{{chset-cell1|U+FB02: LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FL|fl}} |- |{{chset-left1|Bx}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2013: EN DASH|–}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2020: DAGGER|†}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2021: DOUBLE DAGGER|‡}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B7: MIDDLE DOT|·|}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B6: PILCROW SIGN|¶}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2022: BULLET|•}} |{{chset-cell1|U+201A: SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK|‚}} |{{chset-cell1|U+201E: DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK|„}} |{{chset-cell1|U+201D: RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK|”}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00BB: RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK|»}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2026: HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS|…}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2030: PER MILLE SIGN|‰}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00BF: INVERTED QUESTION MARK|¿}} |- |{{chset-left1|Cx}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02CB: MODIFIER LETTER GRAVE ACCENT|ˋ}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B4: ACUTE ACCENT|´}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02C6: MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT|ˆ}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02DC: SMALL TILDE|˜}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02C9: MODIFIER LETTER MACRON|ˉ}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02D8: BREVE|˘}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02D9: DOT ABOVE|˙}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00A8: DIAERESIS|¨}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02DA: RING ABOVE|˚}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00B8: CEDILLA|¸}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02DD: DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT|˝}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02DB: OGONEK|˛}} |{{chset-cell1|U+02C7: CARON|ˇ}} |- |{{chset-left1|Dx}} |{{chset-cell1|U+2014: EM DASH|—}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |- |{{chset-left1|Ex}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00C6: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE|Æ}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00AA: FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR|ª}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0141: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH STROKE|Ł}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00D8: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE|Ø}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0152: LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE|Œ}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00BA: MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR|º}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |- |{{chset-left1|Fx}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00E6: LATIN SMALL LETTER AE|æ}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0131: LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I|ı}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0142: LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE|ł}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00F8: LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE|ø}} |{{chset-cell1|U+0153: LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE|œ}} |{{chset-cell1|U+00DF: LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S|ß}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |{{chset-cell1|||style=background:#DDD}} |}
==See also== *Display PostScript (DPS) *NeXT character set *PostScript fonts
==References== <references> <ref name="Czyborra_1998_StdEnc">{{cite web |url=http://czyborra.com/charsets/codepages.html#AdobeStandardEncoding |title=Codepage & Co. |at=AdobeStandardEncoding |author-first=Roman |author-last=Czyborra |date=1998-06-27 |access-date=2016-12-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207115317/http://czyborra.com/charsets/codepages.html#AdobeStandardEncoding |archive-date=2016-12-07}} [http://czyborra.com/charsets/adobe-stdenc.txt.gz] [http://czyborra.com/charsets/adobe-stdenc.bdf.gz]</ref> <ref name="Adobe_PLRM3">{{cite book |title=PostScript Language Reference Manual |edition=1st printing, 3rd |date=February 1999 |orig-year=1985 |isbn=0-201-37922-8 |author=Adobe Systems Incorporated |author-link=Adobe Systems Incorporated |publisher=Addison-Wesley Publishing Company |url=https://www.adobe.com/products/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf |access-date=2017-02-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218093716/https://www.adobe.com/products/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-18}} (NB. This book is informally called "red book" due to its red cover.)</ref> <ref name="Adobe_PLRM2">{{cite book |title=PostScript Language Reference Manual |edition=2nd |date=1990 |orig-year=1985 |author=Adobe Systems Incorporated |author-link=Adobe Systems Incorporated |publisher=Addison-Wesley Publishing Company}} (NB. This edition also contains a description of Display PostScript, which is no longer discussed in the third edition.)</ref> <ref name="IBM_CP1276">{{cite web|title=CCSID 1276 information document|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327100212/http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid1276.html|archive-date=2016-03-27|url=http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/ccsid/ccsid1276.html}}</ref> <ref name="Monmouth_2011_StdEncoding">{{cite web |author-first=George |author-last=Sicherman |title=PostScript Standard Encoding |date=2011 |url=http://sicherman.net/stdencoding.html |access-date=2023-04-20}}</ref> <ref name="Kostis_2000_AdobeStd">{{cite web |title=Adobe StandardEncoding Encoding Vector |author-first=Kosta |author-last=Kostis |version=1.20 |date=2000 |url=http://www.kostis.net/charsets/adobestd.htm |access-date=2017-02-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218092914/http://www.kostis.net/charsets/adobestd.htm |archive-date=2017-02-18}}</ref> <ref name="Unicode_2011_StdEnc">{{cite web |title=Adobe Standard Encoding to Unicode |publisher=Unicode, Inc. |date=2011-07-12 |orig-year=1995-05-05 |version=1.0 |url=https://unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/ADOBE/stdenc.txt |access-date=2017-02-25}}</ref> </references>
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