Put simply, a system is a complex entity that provides some tangible result of value.

简单说，一个系统是一个复杂实体，提供了一些价值的真实结果。

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For such a trusted entity, the hash value and signature are calculated and shipped as part of the their AIX installables and stored in TSD on the destination system.

对于这样的可信实体，对应的散列值和签名是作为其AIX可安装文件的一部分进行计算和分发的，并存储在目标系统上的TSD中。

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The resolver will connect to the DB2 database and execute the query, passing in an appropriate data value for the query's parameter marker (the name of the referenced entity in the trade).

解析器将连接到DB 2数据库并执行查询，在此过程中，会为查询的参数标记传入一个适当的数据值(即交易中所引用实体的名称)。

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A corporation is an entity that could be sued or could lose more money than it's worth, but the value of a corporation can never fall below zero to the investors because the investors are not liable for the mistakes of the corporation.

公司是一个实体,它可能被起诉,或者亏损额超过了自身的价值,但是对于投资者而言,公司的价值永远不会小于零,因为投资者对公司的过失,不负有责任

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Those are all goodwill considerations and ESPN most likely appreciated the fact that goodwill is an intangible asset that enhances the value of an entity.

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The announcement comes as a special sting to investors who held some hope Friday their investment, which has lost 77.2% of its value over the past year, would see some measure of return from an entity like KDB.

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The value to any entity, public or private, of having another ditch dug by hand is extremely low.

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