And it is not just individuals: the web makes it easier for companies to rent out spare offices and idle machines, too.

这不仅仅是个人层面：网络使公司出租多余办公室和闲置机器变得更便利了。

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They have been joined by several Web services that rent textbooks to students by the semester.

这个学期许多提供网上出租教材业务的机构也加入了这些网上书城的行列。

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Alternatively, firms can simply rent extra capacity from operators of what are called "computing clouds", such as Amazon Web Services.

如若不然，企业也能简单地从所谓的“计算云”运营商(如amazon Web Services公司)那租用额外磁盘容量。

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