But even if you only want to perform a manipulation once or twice, a command-line alternative can save time.

但即使您只想执行一两次操作，选择命令行也可以节省时间。

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Being disconnected from a network is less of an issue for enterprise applications, or for applications such as Google search, where there is no off-line alternative, really.

对于企业应用程序，或者Google搜索这样的应用程序，断开网络连接还不是问题，实际上没有离线的替代工具。

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Isoquant curve is a line showing all the alternative combinations of two factors that can produce a given level of output.

等产量线是表示两种生产要素的不同数量组合可以带来相等产量的一条曲线。

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The programs range from complex instructions for displaying pop-up windows to a 36-line memory-management utility from the open-source game Rooms of Doom that software writers love because it's more compact than the 72-line alternative.

FORBES: Code Inspector

The bottom line: Alternative-asset IRAs can work well, but investors who want to go this route have plenty of homework in store.

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For these and other conditions, he says, nicotine and its relatives offer an alternative line of attack to that used by existing drugs.

ECONOMIST: Great drug, shame about the delivery system