This is not to say I have lots of bugs when I write Perl, only that I find that counter variables increase the likelihood of bugs in the neighborhood of their usage.

这并不是说我在编写Perl程序的时候出现了很多缺陷，只是我发现计数器变量会增加使用时出现缺陷的可能性。

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COUNTER, the new standard of online information resources' usage statistics is applied by more and more publishers.

随着电子资源的迅猛发展，在线电子资源使用统计新标准———COUNTER已经被国外很多出版商所采用。

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Specify a threshold rule using counters for your load test: a threshold rule is a rule that is set on an individual performance counter to monitor system resource usage during a load test.

为负载测试指定使用计数器的临界值规则：临界值规则是设定在单独之效能计数器上的规则，用来监视负载测试期间的系统资源使用。

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Elizabeth Lee Vliet, who has an Arizona-based internal medicine practice, says she tries to ask very specific questions, particularly about over-the-counter medicine usage.

WSJ: When Patients Lie to the Doctor