Yet, there are many industries where a specialized network is critical.

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That's when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a network of 50 specialized laboratories across the country for state-of-the-art analysis of samples from infected patients.

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Brownell bought and configured all kinds of network interface cards, specialized switches and local networks.

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Over the last 20 years, Cisco has come to dominate the business of routers and switches--the specialized computers that shuttle packets of data around a network, and form the backbone of the Internet--and about two thirds of its revenue comes from sales of those devices.

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For example, the FCC's proposed rules allow ISPs to engage in "reasonable network management" activities and to offer "specialized" or "managed" services outside of the neutrality strictures.

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Kind of how you'd install an operating system, automatically receive some baseline functionality using least-common-denominator hardware drivers, then install specialized drivers for your machine's video, sound, and network cards?

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The Acabiz platform allows businesses to easily and directly tap into the knowledge network of thousands of academics worldwide who all have highly specialized knowledge in fields such as architecture, engineering, law, medicine, science, financial, economics, and others.

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This two-day international event will gather a network of global experts in earthen architecture conservation, including site managers, researchers and specialized institutions, to share knowledge and experiences in conservation of World Heritage earthen architecture.

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And specialized products from Witness Systems (nasdaq: WITS - news - people ) sit inside a corporate network and archive all the calls employees make.

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