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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _add_property(self, name, default_value):
 """Add a device property with a given default value. Args: name (str):
 The name of the property to add default_value (int, bool):
 The value of the property """


        name = str(name)
        self._properties[name] = default_value