Doing so helps conserve disk space and also improves the performance of queries that use navigational expressions.

这样做可以节省磁盘空间，还可以改进使用导航表达式的查询的性能。

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The U.S. Navy, which uses Bubble Wrap to protect everything from jet parts to navigational equipment, likes the flat sheets because they occupy less space on its transport ships.

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