But loading times say much about a program's inner architecture, how efficiently it has been coded and the way it uses computer memory.

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Loading times can also be a guide to a program's robustness and resistance to attack.

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Dealers want the Department of Transportation, which administers the program, to cut some of the red tape and be more efficient about loading information into its computer system.

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