Properties of Exponential Distribution

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I am confused with the pdf of the exponential distribution,

Some of the times, the pdf is shown as :

$f(x)=\lambda e^{-\lambda x},\ x \ge 0$

while sometimes it is shown as

$f(x)=e^{-\lambda x},\ x \ge 0$

Are there any differences between them?

Edit:

$f(x)=\lambda e^{-\lambda x}$ for $P(X<x)$

$f(x)=e^{-\lambda x}$ for $P(X>x)$

Further question:

What about $1-\lambda e^{-\lambda x}$ ? Is this the cdf for $P(X<x)$ or $P(X>x)$?