Devices were grouped by generation — desktop computers, basic mobile phones, and box-set TVs.

设备按年代分组——台式电脑、基本移动电话和1992年定义的盒式电视机。

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For instance, early desktop computers used ASCII for just such a mapping.

例如，就为了这种映射，早期的台式机使用了ASCII。

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And Apple's laptop and desktop computers are in more dens than they used to be.

苹果的笔记本及台式电脑也比以前在民居中更普及。

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Now this is mostly irrelevant to what we're talking about except for the fact that there are magnetic particles involved and they're really small because it turns out what's inside most of your laptops and desktop computers are these things called hard drives.

其实这与我们现在谈论的话题没什么关系,除了这里的磁性粒子有关系外,它们是很小的因为它们要放在,你的笔记本电脑或者,台式机中被称为硬盘的里面。

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Desktop computers are next on the list, because virtualisation allows them to be managed centrally.

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So I suggest you consider one of the new Windows 8 all-in-one touch screen desktop computers.

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Vidyo Inc. pioneered personal telepresence enabling natural, multipoint videoconferences on desktop computers and room systems.

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