The rest was remote access to computer networks, e-mail and file transfers from one computer to another.

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Predator and Reaper crews use removable hard drives to load map updates and transport mission videos from one computer to another.

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They can also be used to transfer data, such as MP3 files, from one computer to another--or even to a home entertainment center--over a local area network.

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And by stacking components so compactly, signal latency (the delay that results when data are moved from one part of a computer to another) would be greatly reduced, further enhancing performance.

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But what is possible is to build many smaller dishes spaced a long way from one another, and to link them with clever computer algorithms so that they behave as if they were a single giant telescope.

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"Sneakernet" is an old jargon term used to describe the act of having to carry a computer file on a floppy disk or other media from a machine in one room to another.

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It will allow a computer to learn how to match cells from one slice to another by trial and error, as a human would, but with the infinite patience that humans lack.

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By separating critical components from one another, each computer resource can be upgraded on its own cadence without being coupled to the others.

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Figuring she wasn't alone, she approached friend and computer whiz Garrett Berg about building an algorithm to convert apparel sizes from one retailer to another.

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