noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a computer file
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Delete some of the old computer files and create some space on the hard drive.
a computer program
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The pictures were generated by a computer program.
a computer/phone/oil etc company
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an international oil company
a computer/video game
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He was up all night playing computer games.
analogue computer/circuit/technology
computer boffins
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computer boffins
computer crime (= committed using computers )
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It is usually companies that are the victims of computer crime.
computer data (= kept on a computer )
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Digital cameras transfer pictures and sound into computer data.
computer error
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An on-board computer error meant that the plane’s systems shut down for a few vital seconds.
computer freak
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a computer freak
computer modelling
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computer modelling of the city’s traffic flow
computer modelling
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computer modelling of the system
computer nerd
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a computer nerd
computer science
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a BSc in Computer Science
computer simulation
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a computer simulation used to train airline pilots
computer software
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He is the owner of a computer software company.
computer technology
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the rapid development of computer technology in the 1950s and 1960s
computer users
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Computer users are being warned to look out for the virus.
computer virus
computer/car/insurance etc salesman
computer/IT skills
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We’re looking for someone with good IT skills.
computer/video/stereo etc equipment
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Ageing computer equipment should be replaced, not upgraded.
desktop computer
fashion/computer/women’s etc magazine
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a glossy fashion magazine
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She’s the editor of a popular women’s magazine.
high-speed computer/network/modem etc
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high-speed Internet access
machine/computer/radio etc operator
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computers which can be used by untrained operators
neural computer
personal computer
quantum computer
television/TV/computer monitor
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She was staring at her computer monitor.
the computer age (= since computers became widely used )
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the modern computer age
the music/entertainment/computer etc business
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He started out working in the computer business.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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Microcomputers can not store as much data as the larger computers nor can they process it as quickly.
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A large computer maker came to Professional Secretaries International because it was losing many of its best secretaries.
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The Library carries out literature searches on behalf of staff, by interrogating large bibliographic databases which are mounted on very large computers .
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The three companies are among the largest computer sellers in the country.
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This was an integrated family of large computers with related software which would allow for convenient upgrading.
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Therefore, they rely on large server computers on a network.
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Obtain a manual describing the instruction set of a medium or large computer .
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Cisco Systems, the world's largest computer network equipment maker, reported better than expected fourth-quarter profits.
new
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Can people ever run out of new uses for computers ?
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But another factor is that instruction manuals that usually accompany new computer hardware and software are difficult to understand.
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His ideas for change would involve some regrouping of staff, and some need for training with new computer software.
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When you bought that new computer a couple of years ago, you probably thought its 500-megabyte hard disk would last for ever.
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Our success is based on making an organisation's use of new or existing computer systems efficient and effective.
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Purchasers include the many thousands of people who bought new computers at Christmas that came pre-loaded with it.
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But there are things that some people do without thinking-the ski trip, the new computer .
personal
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An optional gateway function to other terminals and personal computers is included, as is a printing function.
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Intel controls about three-fourths of the market for the main chips in personal computers .
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The personal computer provides a window through which datasets can be explored for hidden and unexpected relations.
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Mr Frankenberg became chief executive of Novell Inc., the second-largest personal-computer software company, 20 months ago.
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It will also distribute Tandy's Victor Technologies personal computer line.
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The money will be put towards the purchase of personal computers for running chemistry software applications.
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It is based on personal computer architecture, and can be directly attached to the local network in a client-server architecture.
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The Ni1000 can be combined with a personal computer for fast character recognition, Intel says.
■ NOUN
application
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It should be noted however, that many computer applications may not require recognition of pen input.
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After learning one computer application , she discovered that it was easy to learn more.
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This means that the data analysis stage is as crucial as the implementation stage of the computer applications .
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Structured documents messaging consists of the automated interchange of standardized and approved messages between computer applications , via telecommunications lines.
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They have excelled in leading-edge technologies for military and computer applications .
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The curriculum should include courses in office technology, accounting, business mathematics, computer applications , and business law.
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It connects computer applications , merges reports, builds pictures, develops concepts.
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Locally and nationally, the expanding software and computer applications industrial sector offers challenging and rewarding employment prospects.
company
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But to what extent to customers really tell a computer company all it needs to know?
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The fit makes even more sense alongside the innumerable software and multimedia computer companies in Carlsbad.
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A woman change master at a computer company began an important project this way.
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Hoskyns had built up a computer company and been active in the Centre for policy Studies before joining Mrs Thatcher.
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For jobs, this meeting would open the door to his next opportunity: the Next computer company .
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But computer companies want faster chips, and faster means smaller.
desktop
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In 1996 desktop computer software will allow two-way conversations, bringing the technology to the mass market.&038;.
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They paid for the desktop computer he uses to scan biographical data.
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At first, I just ran the Equalizer program on a desktop computer .
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The company expects the early versions of the chip will go into low-end desktop computers primarily sold outside the United States.
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The desktop computer grew in power and user friendliness until it was increasingly hard to tell apart from the workstation.
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According to Adkins, the on board computing power is about equivalent to the first small desktop computers .
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Microsoft recently announced Video for Windows, which enables a desktop computer to display small video clips.
game
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For instance, the network will begin by offering a Web site to play computer games .
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Haven is also putting in PlayStation 2 venues in response to pleas for more computer games .
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Later, it will expand to include a radio talk show where players can talk about computer games .
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Each mini roll is individually wrapped and features a character from the SuperMario computer game .
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The museum car also features computer games and quizzes to test visitors' knowledge of train lore and station architecture.
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Many applications of the technology are starting to emerge, divided between computer games , educational programs and professional uses.
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They played computer games , partied together, had a lot of the same friends.
games
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Children from well-off families would rather play computer games than go outside.
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Demos have been around as long as computer games .
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We both read a great deal and play computer games .
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Ann Chait remembers telling her sons Jon and David to stop playing computer games and get their homework done.
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Arnie may not win many Oscars, but the big guy's action-packed movies sure make great computer games .
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The children in particular had a great time with computer games , entertainers and bouncy castles to keep them occupied.
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Haven is also putting in PlayStation 2 venues in response to pleas for more computer games .
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Entertainment World run one of the biggest computer games clubs.
home
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Certainly there are commercially available recognition units which can be plugged into home computers but they are very unsophisticated.
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The company said the multicasting also will include high-speed transmission of data to business and home computers .
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The only editorial guideline was that the subject should have something to do with leisure software for home computers .
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An example: Your home computer has a C: drive, as does your office computer.
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Takagi was able to work on her home computer , she needed to concentrate.
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One of the most powerful features of the current generation of home computers is their graphics.
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Q.. We have a home computer and have just gone on-line.
industry
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Its 25% net margin is bettered in the computer industry only by Intel, the world's biggest micro-processor maker.
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Zygo, which makes laser-based measuring instruments used in the computer industry , fell 2 to 21.
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Microsoft lowered its earnings forecast by 5-6 % after a wave of disappointing results from the computer industry .
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The computer industry is determined to shape a market, substantially broader than that for computers-the success story of the 1980s.
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Applications of expert determination in the energy and computer industries are set out in Chapter 7.
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In recent years multimedia has taken on a negative connotation in the computer industry .
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For example, the computer industry and telecommunications are now converging as technology advances.
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Mr Gates realizes the dangers of government meddling in the computer industry , both for producers and consumers.
maker
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Another 7 percent is contracted with independent software house, and computer makers provide the remaining 6 percent.
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NatWest Securities raised its rating on the computer maker to accumulate from hold.
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Its operating software costs almost nothing to market and sell; computer makers hammer on Microsoft's door to buy the stuff.
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The relatively weak sales that many computer makers experienced in the 1995 Christmas season has caused nervousness in the industry.
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The Cupertino computer maker is not alone in the burgeoning field, however.
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An analyst at Salomon Brothers Inc. upgraded the rating on the computer maker to strong buy from buy.
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Jobs co-founded Apple but left the Cupertino computer maker in a power struggle in 1984.
model
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The experiments will be linked to attempts to develop computer models which simulate object naming processes in humans.
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Barnston reviewed many computer models developed over the years to forecast El Nino events.
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This, too, is just like the biomorph computer model .
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Indeed, some of the largest institutional money managers catering to wealthy individual investors advertise tax-related investment strategies based on computer models .
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The resultant computer models are used in oil field development.
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Of 13 computer models , eight anticipated moderate warming; two, weak warming; and three, no warming.
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To investigate further the link between planning and language a computer model will be implemented.
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We need better computer models and more reliable climate data before we take any drastic countermeasures. 3.
network
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There, the case for network computers is focused more on the desktop itself.
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Neuroscience Network Projects: Scientists are increasingly turning to chemistry and biology to create new designs for neural network computer systems.
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The problem with network computers is that they are no better than the networks they are connected to.
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On Monday night, Ellison also made another pitch for his $ 500 network computer .
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In principle, the idea of network computers is sound enough.
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Companies such as Oracle are jumping on the bandwagon, too, with low-priced network computers .
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In a few years it will be clearer whether specialized network computers really do offer any other advantages.
notebook
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Its SPARCbook 2 notebook computer is expected early next year.
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The Presario 1000, a multimedia notebook computer .
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GRiD also holds the Patent on the idea of a fold-up screen which is part of every laptop, or notebook computer .
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Almost since the invention of the notebook computer , buyers have complained about its cost.
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A new San Jose-based subsidiary of the huge company has begun shipping its first products: notebook computers aimed at business users.
program
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Those writing and developing computer software should distribute the computer programs in object code form only.
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This has included buying both a computer program and flash cards that drill them on math facts.
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The exclusion from patent of computer programs reflects international trends.
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Very simply, these so-called models are computer programs that analyze a lot of meteorological information fed into them.
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One day, the primary teacher guiding children through their instructional computer program may be able to prevent reading failure altogether.
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In our last weeks before unemployment, several of us learned the Quark XPress computer program .
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This fact has emerged during a pilot test of a new computer program developed by scientists for the Department of Transport.
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In some respects, the decision strengthens copyright protection for computer programs .
science
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Applied mathematics and computer science are distinct disciplines, but they are now locked for ever in an inseparable embrace.
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Both of these languages are capable of doing what you want and don't try to blind you with computer science .
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Jef Raskin had degrees in computer science and philosophy.
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Brailsford and Beach adopt a general view, regarding electronic publishing as the use of computer science and electronics to present information.
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Other disciplines, such as philosophy, psychology, and computer science , sample freely from both traditions.
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A first approach to an entity model for an academic department of computer science is given in Figure 3.1.
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Seventh period Michael has computer science , primarily seen as a way to develop word-processing skills for college.
screen
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A huge office, full of computer screens and flashing lights.
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The software appears as a floating palette on the computer screen .
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The others will cover such things as workplace conditions and the use of work equipment, with computer screens getting special attention.
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Richard Chang slides an electronic pawn across the chess board on his computer screen .
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Just above the milometer was a small computer screen , and Jack guessed that she would find that pretty disconcerting.
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Too many hours in front of the computer screen can destroy physical fitness.
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Breathing rhythm was established by the movement of a bar graph displayed on the computer screen .
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He stared at the little green symbols trucking across the computer screen in front of him.
simulation
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The logical consistency and adequacy of the theory will then be tested by building computer simulation models of it.
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Dawkins works out in some detail a computer program which mirrors this computer simulation of the development of the eye.
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A number of exercises would be conducted using computer simulation , rather than actual troops.
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His natural habitat is the graph, his occupation the computer simulation .
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This can be established by programs in which the actual experimental apparatus is linked to a computer simulation .
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This question can now be answered statistically by means of the process of computer simulation .
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These are followed up by a short course on computer simulation in Physics for all students in third year.
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Using both experimental studies and computer simulation , existing theories of face recognition and learning in general will be evaluated and developed.
software
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In 1996 desktop computer software will allow two-way conversations, bringing the technology to the mass market.&038;.
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The Chicago Board Options Exchange computer software index was down 7. 5 %.
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Firstly, it will disseminate these new procedures to the social science community by means of newsletters workshops and computer software .
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The special nature of computer software and the fact that software is usually acquired by means of a licence have several legal implications.
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The deals also illustrate businesses growing demand for products to help track accounting, manufacturing and human resource tasks with computer software .
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His ideas for change would involve some regrouping of staff, and some need for training with new computer software .
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But the addition of sophisticated computer software could extend those capabilities still further.
system
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They contain telephone numbers for classified computer systems .
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Y., will provide the venture with its skills in integrating and running computer systems .
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With automated bibliographic files and online catalogues, browsing has also been applied to searching in computer systems .
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Supply Chain Management Until recently, these inventory management strategies were implemented through very expensive computer systems and private networks.
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A sizeable computer system contract with Credit Suisse excited investors in electronics firm Rolfe &038; Nolan which jumped 12p to 235p.
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He marched off to a local retailer and plunked down nearly $ 3, 000 for a new Power Macintosh computer system .
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One way to help this process is to involve all staff affected by computer systems in the computing process.
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The computer system had serious deficiencies.
technology
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The radio waves, magnetic field and computer technology combine to produce vivid images of the body's soft tissue.
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Another comparatively recent development is computer technology .
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Throughout the 1960s, as technology , especially computer technology, developed, pressure built up in Parliament for legislative controls.
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The nice thing about personal computer technology is that these kinds of wishes often come true.
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On the face of it the comparison is almost ludicrous, so great has been the progress in computer technology .
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The computer technology of the period was only powerful enough to do the calculations in two dimensions.
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Advances in computer technology are now so fast only computers themselves can keep pace with the data.
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He expects widespread usage of computer technology to be commonplace before that time.
user
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Newsletters produced by computer user groups and societies also offer useful information on software.
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Farmington Hills, Michigan-based Compuware develops software products for mainframe computer users .
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The virus utilities are a must for every computer user concerned with computer security.
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But in the gray area of the Internet, activities that publishers call stealing are commonplace for many computer users .
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Perhaps too, Land is right in suggesting that computer users should have been brought more into the argument.
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In her study of 496 heavy computer users , she said pathological gambling is the closest type of addiction.
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Few things are as instantly heart-stopping to a computer user as the time when his machine starts to behave erratically.
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Buller said he and his partner believe there are now enough home computer users to make their service a viable business.
■ VERB
buy
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This may not be the right criteria to apply when buying a computer , but what else is an illiterate to do?
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Purchasers include the many thousands of people who bought new computers at Christmas that came pre-loaded with it.
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They are fast-moving, colourful, noisy, and as good if not better than anything you can buy for home computers .
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During the holiday rush, Netcom experienced a crush of Internet users, many of them armed with newly bought personal computers .
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When buying a new computer , the same model is usually available with a range of different monitors.
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All three knew well that customers buying computers needed some way to make them work together.
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The cash will be used to buy a computer which will be adapted for use by disabled children.
design
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This waybill is designed for computer use.
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He approached it as if he were designing a new computer .
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Teams are in hot competition to design computers that not only assist the study of nature, but are natural themselves.
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In contrast, the Mac team was off in the ozone, designing a computer that fit their own woolly sensibilities.
use
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That current can be used by computer circuits without any further treatment.
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But now he uses a computer to draw the designs, and the computer prints them out on canvas.
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Whether the class moved to a special room in order to use the computer . 7.
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Surveys show millions of workers use their office computers to play games, surf the Net or worse.
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It has since been used on many small computers as a means of implementing a rich instruction set at a reasonable price.
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That contrasts with three out of five Anglo children who use a computer at school.
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The first major attempt to use computer animation in a feature film was largely down to the novelty of the medium itself.
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They had little faith that the hoi polloi would very soon be using computers .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
computer literate/musically literate etc
entry level product/model/computer etc
fault-tolerant computer/machine
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It believes that the new LightsOut software is the first unattended event monitoring program from a supplier of Unix-based fault-tolerant computers.
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The chips are targeted at embedded controls, portable and desktop computers, high-end fault-tolerant machines and supercomputers.
have access to a car/a computer etc
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It is seen as an effective means of business communication where relevant staff have access to a computer network.
high-performance cars/computers/tyres etc
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The high-performance cars are strictly for the racetrack ... and the message is, going too fast on the roads can kill.
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Under the month-long offer, basic models will be £200 cheaper, with the maximum discount on high-performance cars.
in front of the television/TV/computer etc
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It is immoral to do the ironing in front of the television when there is a good film on.
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Put three movie fans in front of the computer, start the game and quietly leave.
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She would install Hannah in front of the television and retreat to another room.
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Smoke could be seen seeping in front of the television camera.
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That night I cooked dinner and we ate in front of the television.
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Then she went back into the living room and sat in front of the television set without turning it on.
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Too many hours in front of the computer screen can destroy physical fitness.
oil-based/carbon-based/computer-based etc
palm-sized computer/PC/PDA
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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computer software
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Complex computer graphics were used to create the film's special effects.
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How long are you going to be on the computer ? I need to type something.
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I can't get the program to work on my computer .
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It is important that all children become computer literate while they are in school.
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Many kids spend more time playing computer games than watching TV.
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Our office has switched to a different computer system.
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The information from the survey is being processed by computer .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A specification for the computer system which will satisfy the user's requirements begins to evolve.
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Arnie may not win many Oscars, but the big guy's action-packed movies sure make great computer games.
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Economies of scale and the use of computers were expected to reduce administrative costs.
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I played with a few of the new titles, with lots of technical assistance from some computer literati.
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Just above the milometer was a small computer screen, and Jack guessed that she would find that pretty disconcerting.
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The Internet is larger and has more types of server computers dishing out information.
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There is no doubt that quick recall of number facts is still an advantage even in the era of calculators and computers.