The other half worked on the back end, crunching computer code to build systems for order-processing, distribution and inventory flow and to integrate a new Web site tracking system with the existing ones.

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Big investments have been made in upgrading computer systems to speed up the processing of intelligence and the decisions that flow from it.

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The team also wants to improve the processing speed, which is vital for regular conversation flow.

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These plants need the fresh water flow from the river for cooling, processing, and to ship their product out to the Gulf.

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The Department of Documentation and Information maintains cooperation and coordination with the Arab countries in the domain of information processing and exchange, in order to guarantee easy flow and high efficiency.

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For those not used to seeing social updates as a steady flow of information rather than individual nuggets needing processing, it can be overwhelming to see all the little bits.

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In February, prosecutors accused the director of Mayak, Russia's main waste processing plant in the Ural Mountains, of allowing tons of radioactive nuclear waste to flow into a nearby river.

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