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Let \(\Delta u(n)=u(n+1)-u(n)\), \(\Delta^ 2 u(n)=\Delta(\Delta u(n))\). The author studies the difference equation \(E(\delta):\) \(\Delta^ 2u(n)+\delta F(n,u(n),u(r(n)))=0\), \(n\in N\), \(\delta=\pm 1\), with \(r: N\to N\), \(\lim_{n\to \infty} r(n)=\infty\), \(F: N\times R^ 2\to R\) and \(F(n,u_ 1,u_ 2)\hbox{sgn }u_ 2\geq u(n)| f(u_ 2)|\). Under various conditions on \(r\), \(a\) and \(f\), the author proves the oscillatory type properties of solutions of \(E(\delta)\). One of the results reads as follows: Let \(| f(u)|\) be bounded away from 0 whenever \(| u|\) is away from 0 and \(\sum_{n=1}^ \infty na(n)=\infty\). Then, every bounded solution \(u(n)\) of \(E(1)\) is oscillatory and every bounded solution \(u(n)\) of \(E(-1)\) is either oscillatory or \(\lim_{n\to\infty}u(n)=\lim_{n\to \infty} \Delta u(n)=0\) monotonically.