Because forms can be converted into XML so easily, it is now possible to build systems that are driven primarily by business objectives in intuitive ways, rather than by abstract computing paradigms.

因为可以非常轻松地将表单转换为XML，所以现在构建主要由业务目标(以直观方式表示的)驱动的，而不是通过抽象的计算范例驱动的系统成为可能。

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Logical volume management (LVM) is a way systems can abstract physical volume management into a higher-level and usually simpler paradigm.

逻辑卷管理(lvm)指系统将物理卷管理抽象到更高的层次，常常会形成更简单的管理模式。

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Peer-to-peer systems are often implemented as an abstract overlay network built at the application layer on top of the native or physical network.

对等系统常常实现为一个抽象的覆盖网络，构建于原生或物理网络之上的应用程序层上。

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The last line of that abstract also highlights why it is that free (or even freeish) market systems so outperform the non-market ones.

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The Cascalog system has combined the Cascading system for abstraction of advanced data processing on Hadoop and other systems, the Datalog declarative programming language that is well suited for expressing database queries in an abstract form, and the Clojure language to create a declarative language for queries that can be run on Apache Hadoop.

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It said focusing on an abstract target could draw attention away from the effectiveness of aid, and its possible corrosive impact on the political systems in recipient countries.

BBC: Development aid debate