He is serious when he says he wants his Connection Machine to evolve commercial software.

当他说他想让自己的连线机进化商务软件时，他是认真的。

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A faulty connection caused the machine to stop.

线路接错导致机器停止运转。

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The transfer could occur between two machines over a network connection, on the same machine through a network connection, or on the same machine using a shared-memory connection.

该传送可以在网络连接上的两台机器之间，通过网络所连接的同一机器上，或使用共享存储器所连接的同一机器上进行。

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This is a machine-to-machine connection.

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Ideally, that machine would have no network connection (as it would be a prime break-in target), and be reported to via null-modem serial cable only.

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