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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 _read_byte(self, address):
 """Read a byte from memory. """

        # Initialize memory location with a random value.
        if address not in self._memory:
            self._memory[address] = random.randint(0x00, 0xff)

        return self._memory[address]