Coming up on this program we show you how to get connected. Find out how to
choose an internet service provider or online service. Discover the newest form
of communication, electronic mail. Learn how it all began and see how business,
organizations and individuals are putting themselves onto the world wide web.
Don't just get onto the net, get into it.
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Hello, I'm Leo Laporte. Get ready to get connected. We're going to show you how
you can travel all over the world without ever leaving home. Thanks to a
new technology that allows us to link our home computers through a vast
communications network to thousands of other computers all over the world. This
is the internet. You know, no one knows for sure how many people are accessing
the internet. We do know it's in the tens of millions worldwide, but that means
that most of you are still not connected. Now, if you're like most people you've
probably heard of the internet, but do you know what it can do for you and what
it is? Possibly you're itching to get online, but you need someone to walk you
through the process step by step. Well, in this program we're going to show you
some things you could do if you had internet access. Then, we'll perform the
steps needed to get online. We'll even show you how to start using some
important internet tools to help you find your way around. So, let's start by
taking a little look at a few things you can do on the internet.
On the internet, you have access to computers all over the world. It seems
only natural then that you would find a world of topics. Special communication
software links these computers for you. Half the time you don't even know what
computer in what country is sharing its information on your screen. What you find
on the internet can be anything from high-tech to just plain silly. Let's
start with reference works. Remember those clunky old encyclopedias? Well, they
took up an entire bookshelf and they were outdated, well, instantly. Well, now you
can have up-to-date electronic encyclopedias online. And if you don't
find what you're looking for in them, you can start a search for information right
from the source. But be ready for a wild ride. Your search could take you anywhere.
Want to know even more about a topic? One of the earliest uses of the internet was
the formation of specialized users groups. You could check them out, see if
there's a topic covering your interest. These are basically a collection of
email conversations and data transmissions between different people,
all with the same interests. Eavesdrop a little. Then when you think you found the
right group, join in with a comment or a question. Don't be shy. Feel like playing
some games, but none of your nearby friends are available? Among the millions
of people on the internet, you'll surely find someone ready to match their skill
and wits against you. Your new opponent may become your new best friend or an
email pen pal. Ah yes, email. Along with every internet access account comes an
electronic mail address for electronic mail or email. That's mostly how you'll
communicate. And communicate you will. Many folks have used the internet to
rekindle friendships with old classmates and military buddies. Or get your whole
family online, no matter where in the world they are. You'll be able to keep in
touch, share files, even send pictures and sound. Letter writing has never been
more fun. But let's back up a little. We said there's a lot of information
available. So where is it and how do you find it? There are a number of places you
can start, including some free services that are constantly checking the
internet and indexing what they find. This is one of those services. It provides
two ways to find what you're looking for. You can use its powerful search program
to find key words or point and click your way through an extensive catalogue
of topics. You'll find links to thousands of internet sites and discussion groups
on this index covering almost any topic under the Sun. Interested in business,
education, government, recreation, science? It's all in here. This list is broken down
into a dozen or so broad categories. You can drill down through the categories to
narrow your search. Here's an example. Let's say we're looking for information
on Japanese architecture. Start by clicking on the arts subject heading. That
takes us to the next level of categories. The architecture subheading lists more
than 250 locations. We're looking for Japanese architecture, so here it is,
Japan. Click again and we found a list of sites that refer to Japanese
architecture. Okay, this looks interesting, but it appears we've narrowed the search
to a title and a short description. Now here's where you get ready for the marvel
of the internet. When you hover your pointer over these highlighted entries,
you'll see an arcane internet address displayed at the bottom of the computer
window. This particular one gives us a clue that this is a link to another computer.
In fact, we're now just one mouse away from entering a computer in Japan. Click
it and here we are. Japanese style modern architecture in Nagoya. The text and
photos could be coming to you from the other side of the earth. In fact, they are,
but they also exist right now on the computer in front of you. You'll soon
find yourself going to the internet for any question you have. Looking for a new
chili recipe, but willing to try something a little different? Well, get on
the internet. Search for the word chili. In minutes you'll be served up a
collection of recipes and probably more than you ever wanted to know about
chilies. The internet also gives you access to thousands of businesses. Start
your shopping trips right from your computer or check the internet for
customer support before you buy. Governments worldwide are reaching out
to their people through the internet and for once you're likely to find it's a
two-way street. You can find information and send your opinion. News? Yeah, there's
that too. Up to the minute of course, but with access to the background stories
and complete archives as well. You know, information is an empowering asset and
there's no denying that today's internet has transported us at nearly warped
speed into the information age. So stick with us as we help you to get connected
and feel the power of the information revolution.
We've entered the second phase of the computer revolution. The first phase was
to put a personal computer on your desk and in your home. The second and most
important phase is to connect that computer to the rest of the world. The
global network of computer systems, also known as the internet, is only as far
away as the nearest phone line and all you need is a computer and a modem.
Hi Vicki, how are you? I was in the neighborhood and I wanted to check my
email. Do you mind if I borrow your phone? Sure, come on in. The word modem is a
combination of two words, modulate and demodulate. That's what a modem does. It
takes the data from your computer and turns it into sound so it can be sent
over standard phone lines. That's that screeching noise you hear when your
modem is talking to another modem. Now there are three basic kinds of modems
starting with this one. This is an external modem. It plugs into your
computer using this, a modem cable. These are generally the easiest to install. The
internal modem right here is a little less expensive because you're not
paying for the packaging. This plugs right into your computer and has
another advantage. It doesn't take up any desk space. Finally, if you're using a
portable computer or a laptop, you'll find these very handy. This is a credit
card size modem called a PC card modem. It just plugs right into the laptop and
this plugs into the wall. Speaking of which, that's the next thing we've got to
find. A phone jack so I can plug my computer in. I think there's one down
here. No matter what kind of modem you get, you'll still have to plug it into
the phone line before you can make a call. Now the thing to remember is that
while you're using the phone, nobody else can call you in or out. So that's why a
lot of people who spend time online get their own second phone line just for
telecommunications. I know it's got to be around here. So there it is. Alright, now
all we've got to do is plug this the other end into the computer like that
and I'll be ready to get my email. Now there's one thing to keep in mind before
you go modem shopping. You'll probably be faced with a barrage of acronyms and
specifications. There's only one thing you really need to know and that's
something called V.34. V.34 modems transmit and receive data at 28,800
bits per second. That's about 480 words every single second. Now of course you
can only go as fast as the modem you're calling but nowadays almost all the
services you'll be calling use 28.8 modems V.34. The next step is to get the
software you need. Now the simplest kind of computer software for modems is
called a terminal program. All that does is take your typing, send it out over the
line, and then display anything that comes in over the line on your screen. If
you're calling a commercial online service you'll want to use their
specialized software. All the big online services, America Online, CompuServe,
Prodigy, and the Microsoft network use specialized software that makes it a
little easier to get online. In fact if you buy a new computer you'll find most
new computers come with this software pre-installed. So now that you've got
your modem and your software who are you gonna call? Well that all depends on what
you want to do. Most communities have local bulletin board systems or BBS's.
These are usually run by individuals as a public service and they cover all
sorts of topics. A bulletin board system is a great place for people with common
interests to get together and the best thing about a BBS is it usually only
costs a dollar or two a month to join. But by far most people spend their
online time on the big commercial online services like America Online, CompuServe,
and Prodigy. There for about ten to twenty dollars a month you can exchange
electronic mail, join discussion groups, even download files like recipes or
pictures of the grandkids. You can even get on the internet. In fact looks like
I've got the email I was waiting for my grocery list from my wife. No matter who
you call the first step is to go out and get a modem. Once you do you'll find a
whole new world of people, information, and ideas has opened up to you. And after
all the best thing you can do with a personal computer is communicate.
okay pop quiz time what new business enterprise could you start up using a
few phone lines and a single computer well you could become an internet
service provider actually we're not so much interested in how to become an
internet service provider or ISP but rather how to select one but to do that
we thought you should know a few things about what an ISP is and what an ISP
does let's start off by talking about how to get connected to the internet from
your home you need a few important items let's review them first obviously you
need a computer the internet is now rich with multimedia files and
presentations so if you don't already have a computer but you're planning to
buy one to get on the net you'll want to look for a computer that has
multimedia capabilities and of course you need a modem like this one this is
an external modem they come also in internal flavors as you may remember we
talked about the modem a little bit it's what takes the digital language of your
computer and sends it out over the phone lines you connect your modem to your
telephone line if you have a separate jack just plug it right in if you don't
well you can plug the phone into the modem and the modem into the wall either
way you'll be set once you connect the modem to your computer to dial out in
fact all you have to do now is turn on your computer and you'll be on the
internet right no wrong there are two important things lacking at this point
first an internet service provider the other as you'll see is appropriate
software but in many cases the software you need to get started is available
from the company you choose so let's start there now an internet service
provider is the person that's going to answer the phone the modem call on the
other end so and by the way this is an important item you want to make sure you
pick a local internet service provider or one with a local phone number that
way you won't be spending a lot of money on toll calls all right now let's set up
an account with an internet service provider you got any ideas who do we call
well in many cases if you buy software in a store like internet in a box it'll
actually come with some signup software that will set you up with an internet
service provider in your area and many ISPs get their customers by word of
mouth in fact that's the method I recommend if you know some friends who
are already using the net ask them so I have a number of friend gave me let's
try that and actually sign up for internet service so you can see what's
involved these are the kinds of questions you should ask before you get
an internet service provider thank you for calling prime net services for the
internet my name is Bill how can I help you yeah hi I'm interested in getting
internet service oh good that's what we do here great can I ask you a couple
of questions before I sign up no problem what can I answer for you first of all
do you have a trial period or yes sir we have a seven-day no obligation trial
period you can cancel prior to the end of the seven days you won't be billed
now I'm kind of new at all this could you have any hand-holding technical
support yes sir we have a fairly large technical support staff we're ready to
help you at any time you need it yeah I'd like to get an account what do I do
next first thing we need to do is pick your username oh well how about Leo
that's that's my name yeah Leo okay and now we'll need to select a temporary
password you'll be able to change it later am I and a secret password secret
password how about excuse me a minute porky porky that's PORKY okay okay well
thanks a lot you've been great all right bye bye it's just that simple now I'll
be able in ten minutes to call up and download the software now I picked this
internet service provider because they're pretty typical they have pretty
good technical support a great connection to the net they offer software and they
have a local phone number they're located in Phoenix Arizona but they've
got nodes in 22 cities and they're expanding rapidly now if you're in a
hurry this is a really neat thing the company will actually let you connect to
their computer and immediately download the software you'll be online tonight
if that includes a browser like Netscape Navigator or mosaic and an email package
it's very complete or of course you could wait for the software to be shipped
to you on disk now whether you download the software or whether you wait for it
to be delivered you will need to install it according to instructions again
depending on your computer or software that's going to vary so do check the
manual follow it carefully and when it's all installed well we see we have quite
a collection of software here there's the Netscape Navigator let's just click
and boom we're online welcome to the internet
there's more than one way to get on the internet the largest internet service
providers of all are the three major commercial online services there's
copuserve America online and prodigy these companies provide content of their
own as well like special interest groups online chat areas and research databases
but they also provide access to the internet but this may not be the most
inexpensive way to get on the net but it probably will be the easiest and for
those of you who don't live in big cities the online services may be your
only way onto the net the special content that's available from these
online services is presented in a controlled environment but some of the
services carry additional surcharges though their reference databases may be
adequate they lack the interactive links to other computers and databases that
you'll find on the internet and since these special areas exist only on their
own computers they're solely available to their own paying members the
information on the online service is not shared with other internet users within
the past year or two these online services have each begun providing some
form of access to the internet but at least in one instance that access isn't
as complete as you might get from a regular internet service provider so you
need to collect and compare features and prices you might find that the
integrated software provided by these online services and the members only
benefits make them a good choice for you then be sure to use the free trial
offer most services provide most will give you at least 10 free hours to take
it out for a spin and see what you like and don't like about each service
because the three big online services each have millions of subscribers you
may find them a little slow during peak hours now that's usually from just after
supper time to around 10 o'clock at night local time on the other hand their
large subscriber bases allow them to maintain local number access from
hundreds of large and small cities around the world something that's
convenient if you travel a lot and need to send and receive email while you're
away from home now all three online services cost around $10 a month for
that you'll get three to five hours of access time each month additional time
will cost you two or three dollars an hour now for the casual user of the
internet that probably adds up to something around $25 a month that's not
bad but if you're anything like me you'll use up those three to five hours
in a single week if that's the case it would probably be much more economical
to choose an internet service provider that offers flat rate pricing that means
you pay only one monthly price no matter how much time you spend online in most
cities you'll pay around 15 to 30 dollars a month for unlimited access to
the net with a flat rate service there's nothing keeping you from browsing the
net to your heart's content well except for your spouse maybe I'll be right
there honey
now the most popular service on the internet is electronic mail if you have
an internet account you can send a message to anyone else on the net almost
instantaneously and the best part is it usually doesn't cost a cent when you
sign up with an internet service provider you'll usually get some software
including a program to send and receive electronic mail or email as a matter of
fact the first email you receive is usually a welcome letter from your
internet service provider but you'll soon be logging on to find regular mail
in your inbox I promise now we all know how to send mail the normal way insert
your mail into an envelope address the mail to the recipient include your
return address then add the correct amount of postage before sending it on
its way well email works much the same way except we use different addresses
and there's no postage when you sign up for your internet account you select
your username your service provider is your host and also has a name so
generally your email address is a combination of these two names like this
username at hostname to start getting email from others you need to let them
know what your email address is and to send email to someone else you must know
his or her address more and more people are putting email addresses on business
cards letterhead all over the place in a few years not having an email address
will be like not having an answering machine if you're a new user and have
friends who are already on the internet give them your new email address and
ask them to send you a test message that's a good way to get started well
look here's a new message now yeah it's for me to you welcoming you to the new
world of the internet you did give me your address didn't you once you have an
email from someone sending a reply is one of the easiest things to do in this
case just click on the reply button go ahead you do want to do this don't you
put your hand on the mouse all right got it now move the pointer to the reply
button and click great the email software opens a new message window ready for you
to type your message to me now don't be shy type me a line hey you did great oh
and by the way I'm glad I can help now depending on your software you'll either
send this message now or put it in an outbox for the next time you log on to
your service provider this is set up to send right away so click on the send
button and in a few minutes it'll be delivered to my internet service
providers computer ready for me to read your message no postage no delays and no
telephone tag you can also create an address book of email addresses then you
only need point and click to start a new message to someone on your list after
while your inbox will start to fill up with messages you've already read and
your outbox will have a lot of your replies and new messages you've sent you
can always delete messages when you're through but you'll also want to set up
mailboxes to save old messages mailboxes maybe for messages from your family your
friends club members you set it up any way you like it's your computer after all
soon you'll discover other email possibilities like attaching computer
files when you send documents you want to make sure that the person you're
sending them to can read the files you created if they do well you now have the
ability to send long documents and multimedia files with a click of a mouse
electronic mail has changed corporate America by giving employees direct
access to the executive suite and as more and more of us get email addresses
it will change the way we communicate at home too whether it's writing to your
member of Congress or to a pen pal on the other side of the world email is the
best way yet to stay in touch
the world wide web is one of the areas of the internet that has been exploding
as more and more businesses organizations and people find their way
onto the net the web provides a way for small and large businesses alike to
attract an international audience Moran graphics in Toronto Canada publishes
books books on how to use computer hardware and software they use an
award-winning visual learning technology to transform the black and white world
of computer education into living color Moran graphics a family enterprise was
started 10 years ago to offer graphic training materials to corporations and
schools replacing the traditional books filled with text the visual grammar of
the Moran graphics books has a very carefully targeted audience Moran
graphics computer books target beginners we've made the books look so simple and
easy to use that most people are surprised at the amount of information
they can cover though the books appear very simple the topics they cover are
useful to business as well as individuals our writers go through the
software and evaluate all the important information that a new user would want
to know we use colorful graphics and accurate screenshots to make it fun and
interesting to learn about the software each double page spread completes a
single task and playful cartoon characters cavort across the full color
pages well this man is our colorful analogy that helps to guide new users
along and using the new tasks in the software most people think that computer
manuals are really boring and stale and our approach and our disk man is really
changing this perception we are starting to receive a numerous disk man fan mail
through the email at internet as well as through the viewer response it's a quite
interesting and overwhelming really when you put it all in perspective that's
right even email the Moran family has now taken their company onto the
worldwide web because the internet is really an international tool we're
finding we're getting requests that we never dreamed of in the past we're
getting requests from Asia Australia Europe because the internet is such a
widely powerful marketing tool we're having lots of success in areas we never
dreamed possible Neil Moen a high school student is their telecommuting webmaster
we present ourselves like any other book publisher so it's not necessarily a
little guy I mean we're right up there with all the big guys so we have online
ordering information pictures of our books anything somebody who's
interested in our company would want we're just one click away just like you
know a fortune 500 company might be one click away the site uses the latest
techniques to add animated graphics and titles and features the blazon bookmark
the Moran graphics links to other valuable and interesting sites basically
the blazon bookmark serves two purposes one it helps to lure people to our site
and keeps them coming back and second of all it's our quote-unquote gift to the
internet there truly are no prime locations for a business on the internet
and as Moran graphics is proving they can use the worldwide web to compete
with the big guys in Toronto Canada this is Susan Newman but some websites are
made available as a public service a way to help you learn how to improve the
quality of your lifestyle and keep you safe at home with the rising crime many
people all across the country are asking themselves what their chance of being
robbed might be or attacked or even murdered is there something in your
lifestyle which could actually increase your risk of being a victim of crime
well there's a website on the internet which allows you to rate your risk and
get immediate results the man behind the website is lieutenant Ken Pence at the
Nashville Police Academy but you don't have to come all the way to Tennessee
to reach him after 23 years on the police force and working 16 years as a
SWAT commander lieutenant Pence is ready for a change of pace he's taking a wild
ride on the information superhighway lieutenant Pence who's affectionately
called lieutenant foo for his expertise in martial arts has developed a website
where you can find out if you're a prime target for crime it's called rate your
risk you just say a little bit about your lifestyle and where you normally
travel and how you travel and things you normally do do you go out and take
friends home from bars you go out with prostitutes do you walk alone do you
carry a gun your job can also play a part in how you rate for example if
you're a police officer or a judge or if you've fired somebody lately you get
extra points for that answer all the questions and in a moment your risk is
calculated the higher the score the greater your risk and then it tells you
in a humorous way what you might want to do to reduce those risks and what people
find out is sometimes surprising most people say well I never thought of that
or gosh I'm going to change some of the things I do I have people tell me that
it not didn't save their life but it made them feel safer and they're doing
things now that reduce their risk rate your risk is just the beginning of how
those traveling on the internet can learn about crime and how to protect
themselves by linking to a website you can learn the latest in self-defense
techniques or the basics in law enforcement they can see why you can't
just go out and arrest people off the street you can also learn about the
Nashville Police Department's latest tools of the trade through virtual
reality movies you can also take part in the fight against crime they'll have an
ability to pop up email and send it to a detective who will be able to work on
the case and they'll be able to report minor thefts over the internet like
they're doing over the phone now lieutenant Penn says about two to four
thousand people a week are accessing rate your risk evidence that people on
the information superhighway are interested in keeping the streets safe
on the internet in Nashville Tennessee I'm Celeste Gonzalez
have you ever wondered how this whole internet thing got started well believe
it or not we owe it all to the Cold War the seeds of the internet were planted
25 years ago when the US Defense Department funded research on a computer
network for the Cold War they first set out to establish a system to allow
easier communications between research facilities in the military industrial
complex the next step was the creation of a computer network that could
survive the loss of any number of its nodes in the event of a strike by enemy
nuclear missiles should one communication center be destroyed all the
others in the network could still communicate with each other thus in 1969
was created the first network ARPA net perhaps the most significant legacy of
this achievement is the common language of today's internet TCP IP a
communications protocol for routing packets of information along multiple
paths over the following years additional networks were created all over
the country and interconnected with all the others creating in effect what
became the internet or network of networks soon networks in other
countries were added together with new tools facilitating the transmission of
documents over networks with vastly different types of computers in 1989 the
World Wide Web was created in Geneva Switzerland at CERN the European
Laboratory for particle physics Tim Berners-Lee wanted to exchange
scientific papers with his colleagues all over the net he created the web as a
way for scientists to link documents with one click of a mouse it was now
possible to connect from one place to another giving birth to the notion of
navigating the network in 1992 Mark Andreessen and a team of programmers at
the National Center for supercomputing applications in Illinois wrote mosaic
mosaic added the capability of displaying graphics as well as text today
mosaic and its offshoots like Netscape bring text pictures audio and video to
the internet and make it as easy to use as the telephone there's one other thing
that had an incredible impact on the internet as we know it today that was
the high-performance computing act of 1991 this act which was promoted by then
senator Al Gore of Tennessee authorized the expenditure of billions of dollars
in government funds into building a high-speed internet backbone network and
it was instrumental in abolishing any remnants of anti-commercial policies
opening the internet to a broad spectrum of commercial government
educational and personal uses this act has served as a model for similar
developments in countries all over the world and the internet as we now know it
was born spawning the communications revolution in earnest
you
you know when ATMs were first put into service people were afraid to use them
well that's pretty much what's going on in the internet right now people are
afraid to use their credit cards for fear the numbers will be stolen and
that's the single biggest impediment to the expansion of commerce on the net
companies who do business on the net are aware of this security loophole and
they're doing everything they can to close it today it's possible to safely
transmit private information like credit card numbers providing you're using
software with built-in encryption like the Netscape Navigator Navigator lets
you know your transaction is secure by displaying this icon at the bottom of
your browser screen when your session is not encrypted you'll see this icon
instead not every business online offers secure transactions so if you see this
symbol buy at your own risk yet secure transactions on the internet are
critical to customer acceptance that's why more and more companies are offering
solutions for example the cybercash secure internet payment service allows
you to make online purchases risk-free once you establish a cybercash account
you'll be able to use electronic cash to pay for things on the net here's how it
works imagine you're shopping at a cybercash merchants website and you see
something you'd like to purchase you fill out a form click the submit button to
send it to the merchant the merchants server sends back an automatic summary
to check the order for accuracy if everything looks good click the pay
button to launch the cybercash wallet program on your machine the software
encrypts your payment information and sends it to the merchant when the
merchant receives your order the payment information is automatically forwarded
to the cybercash server the merchant never even sees your credit card number
cybercash then sends the payment to the merchants bank without using the
internet it's the bank which actually requests authorization from the users
bank or credit card company and the approval code or denial code is returned
to cybercash which passes it on to the merchant throughout the entire process
your transaction is secure and believe it or not it only takes about 15 to 20
seconds cybercash is available from any site running the cybercash merchant
software
so far throughout this program we've looked at a lot of websites sites created
by companies educational institutions government agencies but you know many of
the most interesting web pages are the ones created by people just like you and
me in fact that's my personal web page right there that's my family it's a
great way to display your kids pictures your family album whatever you want on
your own web page a home page is a file you place on the web and anyone else
online can access it the information you include is entirely up to you a typical
personal home page like this one belonging to Karen Weber contains
basic information about the author and his or her interests here's a brief
description of Karen hypertext links to her favorite sites and a link to a
recent photo of herself Karen's goal like that of most personal pages is to
create a page where people can find out more about her and can then explore the
world as she sees it through her website here's another page this one belonging
to the Reese family we see descriptions of John D Drew and Gina also included
our links to information about their hometown and schools and of course links
to all of their favorite sites when you establish a home page you can include
pictures of your family copies of your resume and links to sites that involve
your favorite hobbies and interests you can also include a direct link to your
email so you can hear from anyone visiting your page and learn about new
links that you can add on to your page browsing personal home pages is a great
way to learn about other people and to find your way to net sites you might
never have otherwise discovered but home pages can also be used by
entrepreneurs to promote and enhance small businesses this page for example
belongs to revolutionary computer solutions and was created to provide
information about this new company software products and also to give new
customers a place to go for support and enhancements for the software really
just about anyone can establish his or her own home page in fact you don't
necessarily have to be human to have your own site Scout a very cyber savvy
dog has her very own page with photos links to other dog sites and even a link
to her own email email though will probably be forwarded to her through
Dana Bragg the human who helped Scout get her start on the internet so if you
or your pet have something to say get yourself a personal home page and
connect your opinions to the internet you know there's really no limit to what
you can do with your own website once you give it a try you'll find a host of
new utilities that allow you to use photos graphics even audio and video
clips your friends and family will be amazed if you thought you bore them with
your home videos when they see your web page well there also comes a time when
you have to log off if the internet is something new to you we hope we've
inspired you to get connected if you're there already maybe we've given you some
new ideas and approaches I'm Leo Laporte thanks for joining me and I'll see you
on the net
don't just get onto the net get into it
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