In some cases, it is perfectly acceptable to assume a flat model of the Earth and lose some accuracy in exchange for speed.

在一些情况下，完全可以采用平面地球模型，通过牺牲一些精确性来获取速度。

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It transforms the flat, character-based state representation from the URL into a hierarchical object representation (the document model introduced above).

它会将普通的基于字符的状态表示形式从url转换为层次结构对象表示形式(上面介绍的文档模型)。

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As we build globally integrated enterprise, our communications are constrained by the flat, print-based model of today's Web.

随着企业越来越全球化，当今扁平的基于打印的Web模型越来越限制了交流。

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Gateway 30-inch LCD TVExtremeTech checks out Gateway's 30-inch LCD TV, which is the very same model flat-screen TV we use to watch Elimidate here at Engadget HQ though you might not actually be able to buy this (or any TV) from Gateway for much longer they're still sorting out whether or not they're staying in the consumer electronics biz.

ENGADGET: Gateway's 30-inch LCD HDTV

But it is attacking with a radical business model: inexpensive flat-rate wireless data for any device (it plans to add voice service soon).

ECONOMIST: Face value

To get a valid Stimp reading with the old model requires a relatively flat run of putting surface 12 to 14 feet long.

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