In the early 1980s, personal computers (PCs) became very popular. They were less expensive and had more processing power than the dumb terminal counterparts.

在1980年代早期，个人电脑(PC)变得非常流行，它比大型主机便宜，处理能力又比简易终端之类的设备强。

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"The only correlation with pricing power is whether you build smartphones or dumb phones," he writes.

德度写道：“唯一能影响定价权的是，你是在制造智能手机还是普通手机。”

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The infrastructure is not intelligent: roads, power grids and water-distribution systems are all essentially networks of dumb pipes.

基础设施未智能化：道路、电网及配水系统基本都是哑管道网络。

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As a virginal orator, should she choose to unleash her powers, she would have the power of an Orpheus moving dumb things to sympathize -- Orpheus being one of Milton's most prized mythological figures of the powerful poet.

作为一名处女演说家，如果她选择释放自己的力量，她应该会有像俄耳甫斯一样的力量,使哑的东西也受到感动而有同情心,俄耳甫斯是弥尔顿最为称赞的有权利的神话传说诗人。

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Utility applications for BPL--the smartening up of a dumb power infrastructure--may be the thing that justifies the technology for utility companies.

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But elsewhere in the world, Elop said his cheapest device would appeal as either a failsafe that users can turn to when their smarter handsets are struck dumb by power outage or as a novelty stand-in for costlier, bigger devices.

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In effect, this could reduce the home gaming hardware layer to a dumb terminal, with limited processing and power requirements.

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