The Star Wars: The Old Republic Combat Logger, for instance, keeps track of in-game damage, threats and healing data on-screen.

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Today dies are designed on a computer screen, and the data are transferred to computer-controlled machines, which cut the dies automatically.

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BaseCamp displays topographic map data in 2-D or 3-D on their computer screen, including contour lines and elevation profiles.

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One major upgrade will be to the playback experience by offering not just higher-resolution streams, but various levels of video clarity based on device capabilities, screen size and data speeds.

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Your brand-new phone has a larger screen, which the voice on TV tells us is perfect for streaming movies (an extremely data-intensive process) at twice the resolution of its competitors (using twice the data).

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It also adds expertise in video and a larger presence in the home to our core strengths in voice and data, ensuring we are even better positioned to capitalize on and manage the evolution toward multi-screen home entertainment.

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