Physical contact sensing devices can send an electrical signal when they are touched. The signal can stop or start a machine or give a warning.

接触传型感器在被接触时能发出电子信号， 该信号可用于 启动或停止机器， 或对系统发出警报。

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The machine will start by itself in a few seconds.

机器将在几秒钟后自动启动。

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As an example [from the Cloud API...] it's not allowed to "start" a virtual machine (VM) until you have "deployed" it.

举个例子[出自云计算api……]，你只有“部署”了虚拟机(VM)，才能去“启动”它。

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So one of the things that the Allies very specifically wanted to do in World War II was to hijack one of these devices, take it from a U-boat because if they had this physical machine, certainly can they start decrypting then the German messages.

所以同盟国在二战中想做的一件事,就是劫持其中一个装置，携带在U型潜水艇中，因为如果他们拥有了这种物理装置，他们就可以解码,德国人的密文。

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In addition, the arm has an in-built laser pointer that can show exactly where on a machine work should start or where parts should be placed.

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