Many server applications, such as Web servers, database servers, file servers, or mail servers, are oriented around processing a large number of short tasks that arrive from some remote source.

诸如web服务器、数据库服务器、文件服务器或邮件服务器之类的许多服务器应用程序都面向处理来自某些远程来源的大量短小的任务。

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The software uses artificial intelligence to grade student essays and short written answers, freeing professors for other tasks.

该软件使用人工智能来给学生的论文和简答题打分，从而将教授们解放出来以开展其他工作。

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Another possible drawback: In some cases, crowd-sourced workers assigned to short tasks aren't likely to feel any real engagement with a business, says Michael Alter, the president of Chicago-based small-business payroll firm SurePayroll.

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Silicon-based life forms now make short work of tasks that once took us many man hours to accomplish.

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No wonder we are most proficient at completing short term, immediate tasks.

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