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Referring now to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, FIG. 4 illustrates cell threshold voltage distribution curves 400. The illustrated voltage distribution curves are for memory cells programmed to store four bits of data. At a given point in time, each memory cell may be in one of a plurality of memory states (also referred to as data states). The memory states may include an erased state and a plurality of programmed states. The number of programmed states corresponds to the number of bits the memory cells are programmed to store.

Added by DJM 12 2021