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Pluralsight Skills

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What is Pluralsight Skills?

Pluralsight Skills is a skill development solution that enables employees to build in-demand skills in a way that’s personalized to their current knowledge and preferred way to learn. The course library includes content on software development, DevOps, machine learning, security…

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Pluralsight has emerged as a highly valuable resource for individuals seeking to continue their education and stay up to date with the …
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Best Value Price!

8 out of 10
March 26, 2020
We as an IT department need to be up to date, and Pluralsight is kinda a shortcut to get short, intense courses to familiarize all teams …
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Worth the money

9 out of 10
November 27, 2019
Incentivized
Pluralsight is used only in the IT department and is used to improve staff knowledge. Pluralsight helps to address the lack of knowledge …
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Popular Features

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  • Course catalog or library (7)
    10.0
    100%
  • Learning content (7)
    10.0
    100%
  • Course authoring (6)
    10.0
    100%
  • Progress tracking & certifications (7)
    8.0
    80%

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Pricing

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Individual - Standard

$29.00

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per month

Individual - Premium

$45.00

Cloud
per month

Team - Professional

$579.00

Cloud
per user, per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $29 per month
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Features

Learning Management

Features of LMS and LCMS systems, related to designing, administering, and consuming learning content in an educational, corporate, or on-the-job context.

7.9
Avg 8.5

eLearning Content

eLearning Content Providers offer off-the-shelf, prebuilt courses and other learning materials such as books and videos in order to enhance training for important job skills.

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Product Details

What is Pluralsight Skills?

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Pluralsight is the technology learning platform for organizations that need to enhance the expertise of their technologists to keep up with the pace of technological change and deliver key innovations on time, on budget and securely. Learn more about how 40% of the Fortune 500...
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Pluralsight Skills Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Pluralsight Skills is a skill development solution that enables employees to build in-demand skills in a way that’s personalized to their current knowledge and preferred way to learn. The course library includes content on software development, DevOps, machine learning, security infrastructure, and cloud, as well as certification practice exams, hands on learning experiences and cloud labs, and skills assessments.

Pluralsight Skills starts at $29.

Reviewers rate Course authoring and Course catalog or library and Learning content highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Pluralsight Skills are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Pluralsight has emerged as a highly valuable resource for individuals seeking to continue their education and stay up to date with the latest technology trends. Users, such as developers and consultants, have used Pluralsight to enhance their skills, learn new technologies, and efficiently tackle certifications. The platform has proven effective in catering to both beginners and experts, offering comprehensive courses that help individuals grasp new concepts and refine their expertise. By leveraging Pluralsight's courses on AngularJS, for example, one user successfully updated a product, resulting in improved speed and heightened customer satisfaction. Additionally, the platform's offerings extend beyond technical roles, with various teams like QA, web development, software development, IT, marketing, and even entire organizations benefiting from Pluralsight's vast library of courses. This versatile tool enables employees to continuously learn and augment their knowledge, leading to increased project efficiency and cost savings. Moreover, professionals from diverse fields like information technology leverage Pluralsight to remain ahead of the curve and effectively serve clients. Faculty members and students also find value in the platform by accessing top-notch training resources in areas spanning software and IT solutions. With its high-quality video tutorials that are easy to comprehend, Pluralsight empowers users to explore new programming languages and technologies seamlessly. Furthermore, it serves as a valuable reference guide and learning platform for IT departments aiming to stay abreast of emerging technologies while ensuring teams are well-versed in core concepts. By addressing both knowledge gaps among staff members and the need for continuous skill enhancement, Pluralsight contributes significantly to professional growth and proficiency across organizations. Whether users seek general training opportunities or specialized learning paths aligned with specific job positions or business requirements, Pluralsight offers a cost-effective solution tailored to individual interests. Overall, Pluralsight delivers a comprehensive range of well-crafted courses equipped with detailed explanations and functional sample programs - a combination that fosters an enriching learning experience. By enabling engineers, technical staff, and individuals across various roles to acquire new skills, build on existing ones, and stay updated in their respective fields, Pluralsight has become an indispensable tool for self-directed education and professional development.

Users highly recommend taking three key actions when using Pluralsight. Firstly, they suggest trying the free trial to determine if Pluralsight is the right fit for one's learning needs. Second, users advise comparing Pluralsight to other online learning platforms in terms of content and cost before making a decision. Lastly, users emphasize the importance of embracing hands-on opportunities for better learning outcomes. These recommendations reflect the value that users have found in Pluralsight's comprehensive content library, user-friendly interface, and continuous investment in new courses and improvements.

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David Thielen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I am working on creating a enterprise level web application. My last work doing this was 7+ years ago so I have to learn a lot of new technology and for the technology that is still in use today, get a refresher and learn what has changed.<br><br>I have found the Pluralsight courses perfect on both counts. They are really well crafted providing the details needed with good sample programs - that actually work (something other sites often fail at). And the instructors are top notch.
  • Clearly teach you the technology
  • Move at a good speed
  • Make it interesting (some of the instructors excel at this)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is being used by our IT department on a specific project. It has been such an asset in helping us to "skill up" our team for a project that leverages more cutting edge technology than we have experience with. It has been helpful to leverage the Role IQ and the Skill IQ to determine where we are developmentally and identify the path to mastery.
  • Up-to-date content
  • Notes for Classes
  • Path Development
  • Assigning Curriculum for Team Members
  • Assigning Role IQ or Skill IQ benchmarks
  • A little bit of lag in updating progress through a course
Awesome tool for teams looking to gain new skills or refine and update existing skills.
I love the convenience of using this tool for recertification credits (i.e. PMP). Instead of identifying which classes I need to take, I can identify my interests and have recommendations presented for what paths I should take. It is a really helpful tool to create ladders for my team to transition from one role into the next. I think this is going to be a really beneficial tool.
March 26, 2020

Best Value Price!

shareef hiasat | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We as an IT department need to be up to date, and Pluralsight is kinda a shortcut to get short, intense courses to familiarize all teams with the same concepts.
  • Translated to almost all languages.
  • Offline and mobile downloads.
  • Up-to-date courses.
  • More ways to search/browse. You can't filter/sort on ratings, etc.
  • Help center is still missing some of my questions.
  • Chatting support at least as premium user!
  • Cannot share into LinkedIn, only share post!
It is suited for big picture, and not for hands-on walk-through tutorials for example.
November 27, 2019

Worth the money

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is used only in the IT department and is used to improve staff knowledge. Pluralsight helps to address the lack of knowledge of junior and senior staff in a large variety of subjects.
  • Pluralsight offers a large variety of courses.
  • Courses are categorized from beginner to expert.
  • Authors always update courses which helps to keep us updated.
  • Course completion certificate.
  • Some videos are a bit lengthy.
  • There are only courses related to technology.
IT staff were mandated to complete courses through Pluralsight for professional development goals. Knowledge increase is the main reason we enroll users and enforce using online courses. It is very beneficial for professional growth.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is being used to provide opportunities to our engineers to explore new skills, enhance existing skills, or fulfill skills gaps. Pluralsight provides a wide range of courses that can be viewed online or on mobile. We find that the self-directed pace of Pluralsight fulfills the needs of most of our engineers, eliminating much of the need for traditional training.
  • Pluralsight courses are delivered at a self-directed pace, enabling users to stop, rewind, or fast forward, depending on their familiarity with the content.
  • Pluralsight offers a wide variety of technical courses, providing opportunities to explore new skill areas beyond engineers' current responsibilities.
  • Pluralsight is available on most platforms, providing a high level of accessibility to the content.
  • I'd like to see Pluralsight better indicate where technology might be deprecated in favor of something newer. Continue to offer that content, but this would give users an opportunity to reconsider the skill they're learning.
  • Pluralsight should offer a native Roku app. There have been several times where I'd like to sit and learn something from the comfort of my couch, but Pluralsight's Roku integration is mediocre at best.
  • Pluralsight could better provide code examples and sample repositories for some of its courses.
Pluralsight is extremely well suited to many training needs, including supporting engineers as they look to enhance their skillsets, either by improving or enhancing a skill or by learning a new skill that may be needed in the future. Pluralsight eliminates much of the need for traditional (and expensive!) training courses. The only place where I'd recommend traditional training over Pluralsight is when you need to provide upstart training to a large group, thus needing an environment where questions are easily asked.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is utilized by several users in the technology department of the organization for continuing education.
  • Selection of material and courses.
  • Instructors that are knowledgeable of their course.
  • IQ Test for strengths and weakness in area of study.
  • Easier to understand material such as bullets and lists that allow for note-taking. Some courses offer but some do not.
Pluaralsight works well within technology organizations with employees who have the need to continue education and stay up to date on the material.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is used across my whole organization to improve their knowledge in any subject related to IT and when required to use it for business purposes. I personally did some front end stuff to improve and learn concepts. It gives you deep knowledge which gives you the capability to know language deeply and do stuff quicker.
  • Many authors to choose from
  • Almost covers everything related to software development and UI/UX
  • Best thing is authors always update courses which helps to keep you updated :)
  • Try to cover at least one tutorial from PHP language - like Magento is missing
  • There is room for improvement in downloadable material - would be great to have a PDF version of all content
  • And some authors don't update courses as per the latest version - so that could be updated
Pluralsight is best suited when you want to have all the theoretical knowledge of a course in detail and it will give an opportunity to learn in detail. Sometimes for me, it's difficult to understand someone's accent.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is being used to allow our technical staff to explore new skills and build on existing skills. While the whole organization has access, it's primarily used by software engineers and data team members. We want to give our staff the tools to continue their education and training, but with budget and time constraints, more formal education offerings just aren't possible at this time. Pluralsight has been a good alternative.
  • Allows users to proceed at their own pace. They aren't confined to any time or deadline restraints after starting a course.
  • There are a wide variety of disciplines to explore.
  • Easily accessible across devices.
  • There are occasional issues with video and/or audio quality.
  • There is room for improvement in accessing content offline.
Pluralsight is very well-suited for individuals that want to learn new skills or build on an existing foundation. You don't have to jump in at the beginner level if you already have foundational knowledge of a certain subject, and Pluralsight makes it easy to start at a level that makes sense for you without having to waste time with content you already know. On the other hand, content is offered for beginners of any subject as well, so it's very adaptable to each situation. Continuing education and training is never a bad thing, so I don't really think there are situations where it's not appropriate to use.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
So, it's used by the Data Engineering team and other teams primarily for data courses, such as Spark, Scala, Amazon Web Services, SQL. We've solved the recommendations engine by processing 5TB of raw data a day using Spark Pipelines, and the Pluralsight course helped me and my team to a great extent.
  • It saves the course progress, which helps a lot to catch up where you left off.
  • I love the Pluralsight Application for Apple TV, it's simply awesome.
  • I like the course path structure and the difficulty level on courses.
  • The Apple TV app sometimes skip to next category when skipping the video which is really an issue.
From the experience of usage by my team and me, it's highly suited for my team, and I'll be glad to recommend to my colleagues and my friends.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
PluralSight is being used only by the IT organization in my company which now has more than 100 employees. This tool was implemented to allow users to get general and specific training to help them learn their current jobs and the ability to learn new things with the intention to move into other positions that are more skilled. Currently, this seems to be working well because they have a large range of topics and usually have what you are looking for.
  • Video training with lecture and examples
  • Large range of topics
  • Available over the web
  • No lab environment
  • Some subjects need updating
  • Programs can be very long and intense
The system is well suited when you want to learn something very specific and aligned with other similar training courses. It is also great because you can make learning paths for employees to have them learn things you think they may need. We also use this for security training. The only downfall is that sometimes things may be a little out of date and the length of some training programs. It is a lot of information thrown at you and not really any knowledge checks or labs to make things really sink in for the trainee.
Taylor Patton | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company uses Pluralsight as a reference guide and learning platform for assisting our IT and Marketing team in maintaining and improving their abilities to design and program. Major issue that Pluralsight addresses for our company is the ability to vastly improve or introduce new skill sets into the repertoire of yourself and colleagues. The benefits of allowing your employees time to increase their knowledge of various programming languages and technology is underutilized in the modern workplace. Pluralsight has demonstrated that the power of educating your current employees, if they are interested, dramatically improves the efficiency of projects and lowers overall costs for the business by reducing the amount of new or contract hires.
  • Variety - Pluralsight is not short when it comes to the variety of courses they offer. If you fall under any of the large umbrellas like Creative Design, Web Development, or IT Security/Systems; then they have a course for you.
  • Quality - What seperates Pluralsight from other e-learning platforms is the exceptional quality of the platform. From the amazing UI/UX design the platform has to its courses often taught by leading professionals, Pluralsight outranks all competition.
  • Courses - I know I slightly touched on this topic, but their is more needed to be said about the courses offered. Just as I mentioned the great variety, they also do not lack in quantity of courses offered per category. Additionally, all courses are rated 1-5 stars by previous students as well as written reviews.
  • Difficult to Address - Yes, that is my con. I simply do not have a con I could address that is worth noting for potential buyers of this product.
Pluralsight is an amazing tool and well suited for anyone interested in learning a variety of computer technologies. It is great for in or outside of the workplace, as long as the individual is utilizing it for self-improvement. That is the largest driver in online learning and measuring its benefits. This product is not suited for a company or individual who is not dedicated to consistently putting their cognitive ability to the test.
Sam Rueby (MCSA) | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
A few people have volunteered to continue their education and stay on top of the latest trends in technology by using Pluralsight. Pluralsight has been a valuable resource of quality content in a considerable amount of topics. It's effective in teaching beginners new technologies they have never worked with before, as well as honing the skills of experts before they attempt their next certification.
  • Pluralsight has hundreds of authors that are constantly producing new content, which is valuable for the tech industry that is constantly moving at a brisk pace.
  • Many content authors are respected leaders in the topic they're presenting. You are able to trust that their content is thorough and authentic.
  • Niche expert-level topics are presented in a curated video format which is difficult to find anywhere else.
  • Pluralsight has improved the standards of their video format and audio quality, however, there are still many courses that exist before these improved standards.
  • Most topics don't include a procedure to verify your understanding of the content, such as with brief comprehension quiz after a section.
  • There are tons of topics that are covered, but it's still possible to search for a topic that is not covered at all.
Pluralsight's best demographic is already-seasoned technology for professionals who are looking to improve their skills and train themselves to move up in job titles. There are competitors that are better suited for absolute beginners. While the content is excellent and presented in a manner significantly less boring than reading the documentation, it's still up to the user to ensure they're comprehending the information.
Abhijeet Pawar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is the best ever tool/software that I have seen for online courses. It is being used across our organization and users are learning most of our new technologies through Pluralsight only. We have a mandate to complete courses through Pluralsight for personal development goals as well. Cost saving is the main purpose we enroll users and enforce using online courses. Here we have too many different courses available, and users/employees are searching and learning new languages or technologies on their own according to their areas of interest. It is very beneficial and best for your personal growth. If people are growing then obviously it will benefit the organization.
  • Best Mobile Application UI and 5000+ courses available.
  • Enrolling on mobile devices is very easy, and you can register multiple devices on a single ID. Access to all courses is very seamless.
  • Best feature is bookmarking the courses you are interested to watch later. Also, you can continue your course anytime you want where you have left off.
  • Course completion certificate.
  • There are only courses related to technology. They don't offer courses on online marketing or social media.
  • Many times courses are long and lengthy, which discontinues effective learning.
  • Some videos have poor voice and video quality.
Pluralsight is heading in right direction and has lot of content which we is available unlimited times. I would highly recommend this software and you should enroll yourself in it in order to fulfill your personal goals. Its most useful application is technology wise and for tech savvy guys. For social media and other than technology courses, it is not best and you won't get appropriate content on Pluralsight.
Donovon Carter | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is both a tool used by myself and colleagues to expand knowledge for new and familiar technical concepts alike. Additionally, it is also a way to provide training to new hires. In the field of information technology, new advances happen almost every day, and as professionals, we are expected to be consistently ahead of the curve in support of the needs of our customers. Pluralsight gives us a central location to receive training on technologies we need to be familiar with in order to effectively serve our clients or business.
  • It gives you a central location to track progress, listen to lectures and take exams on the subject matter.
  • It gives the company one way to manage training across IT, marketing and other business disciplines.
  • The user interface is fairly easy to use and the number of courses or subjects available is quite good.
  • Finding ways to make courses more interactive and less lecture oriented would be helpful.
  • Quality of video and audio lectures could use updating to meet current expectations.
  • Continuing to stay on the bleeding edge of technology. Some classes can be outdated.
If you are wanting to advance your career or simply expose yourself to new technologies, it's a great tool to achieve that end. If you are in a new role and need to "catch up" on something, it gives you ways to learn on the fly. If you are hoping to become a subject matter expert on a particular topic, I think you would need to find a role that would provide you with more actual experience. Pluralsight is more of a lecture based system than actual real world experience, which are not the same things.
Mark Orlando | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In our department, developers use Pluralsight to get up to speed on new or unfamiliar technologies that we think will prove useful to the products we market. For example, when one of our applications was too slow, developers started watching Pluralsight courses on AngularJS. This led to updating our product to use AngularJS for the front-end and customers love the speed. This led to a decision to upgrade another product and many of the consultants began watching Angular 2 courses on Pluralsight.
  • When it comes to Microsoft tools, languages and techniques, Pluralsight brings its customers the very latest in content. Just after the release of ASP.NET Core 2.0 came out they had a course available online.
  • The instructors are top-notch. You get incredible presenters such as Paul Sheriff, Shawn Wildermuth, Scott Allen and more. All are incredibly articulate and provide great download code.
  • Pluralsight offers a cool set of tools that let you take a test and see where you stand on the learning curve of a given technology. This lets you know where you should be brushing up on a given technology.
  • Companies don't change technologies in their products often. For example a product that was built on AngularJS is still viable and the company may have no plans to upgrade it. Pluralsight could do a better job of providing new courses on technology that's still useful, though somewhat dated; like AngularJS for example.
  • Pluralsight has a bad habit of throwing all their courses in a large bucket. For example, when I log-in and look to see what new I often have to wade through courses on tools that a web artist or designer would use. I wish Pluralsight would categorize course and let us (their customers) flag what types of videos we wanted to see, or better yet exclude from our view.
  • Years ago, Pluralsight would let its customer download the courseware and that was great. I was disappointed when they stopped this feature.
  • I'd love to see more course where the goal is to build a particular type of software. For example, lets have one where you build a blog using ASP.NET and deploy it to Azure. Let have one where you build a survey application, etc. Learning technologies is great, but I'd love to see courses where the goal is to build a particular type of application.
If you're a web developer you definitely need Pluralsight to stay relevant in this industry. If you're a web designer that uses tools to draw or paint web pages Pluralsight may have something for you, but not much. Another thing where Pluralsight is great is the self-assessment tests. They are a geat place to find questions and answers to use in technical interviews.
November 07, 2017

PluralSight Review

Ai Ashe | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Pluralsight is offered as a video resource for all faculty and students at the Art Institute of Virginia Beach. It offers training in a variety of software and IT solutions.
  • Clear videos, good resolution
  • Resource downloads
  • Variety of training
  • Offer some videos specifically to provide a more in-depth look at certain tools and attributes, rather than how to use the tools in a project.
  • Some videos are a bit lengthy.
Very appropriate for software training in all areas. Easy to use and search for specific training. Also accessible on mobile devices. Can't think of any scenerio where it is less appropriate.
Hernán Silva | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
PluralSight is being used across the whole company to train employees on all areas (QA, web development and software development) to get confident with technologies, old and new, and improve the company offering by empowering employees to learn new skills.
  • Providing up-to-date content
  • Offering both individual and business accounts
  • Offering learning paths
  • There is room for improvement on offline content: there is no way to download content to consume while offline
Pluralsight comes very handy when learning design and development and techniques for well known programs and languages.
There are some business related paths and courses where pluralsight offer basic concepts, would be great to expand those to a more detailed offering.
Lokesh Yadav | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have been using Pluralsight to learn the programming language Swift, at a beginner level. With the help of Pluralsight, I learned it almost within 20-25 days which is a very quick turnaround time and I also use it to update my skills on iOS development. It provides very high quality video tutorials and I was really amazed to see the content explanation and its depth explained in a very easy and simple manner.
  • All the available courses have been explained in a very professional manner by International industry experts with the help of easy to understand course videos.
  • One can track their overall progress in learning with the option of pre as well as post assessments for the course module which provides a better insight on where one actually stands before the learning phase is started and after the learning phase.
  • I can always repeat any particular module if it is not clear to me on the very first attempt itself for an unlimited number of times. So, it is definitely better than classroom sessions where repetition can't be done.
  • They also offer a certificate for passing the assessments successfully.
  • There are no videos available for the expert level. It would be great to see that feature too as sometimes you need to look at the videos to understand the concept easily.
  • Due to the differences in environment, the exercises section gets stuck sometimes which confuses me and I can’t figure out my mistake.
  • While using XML instead of http, I got 5 different instances of an icon whereas I should have seen only 1. So, this is a major drawback of Pluralsight.
Pluralsight has a robust catalog of courses starting from beginner to advanced levels. It is well suited for someone who wants to enhance their knowledge about latest trends, technologies and programming languages. Exploring the courses is very easy using the filters like popular courses, expertise level and more. Courses like Java, Microsoft and Android have been explained in a very detailed manner so that everyone can understand it.
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