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  • Americans spent more than $6 billion on com-puter games bought off store shelves last year, according to technology-research firm Dataquest.

    Log On And Shoot 2008

  • And even Abrahamson, the advocate of messiness, has found he can't manage his time wisely without putting everyappointment in his Outlook calendar, which he syncs to his handheld com-puter and his wristwatch.

    You Need to Get to Work! 2007

  • About a decade ago, Captain Donald Varley of the U.S.S. Yamato determined the location of their homeworld in the Romulan Neutral Zone, but was lost along with his ship when a destructive Iconian com-puter program inserted itself into the Yamato's main-frame.

    Demons Of Air And Darkness DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2001

  • He spoke softly to the com-puter and the section of wall immediately above flared to life.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • The com-puter says there's a good chance it's a match.

    Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995

  • When he sat before his consoles in the main com-puter room of the San Junipero Sheriff Department, he was locked into a matrix that extended not only throughout the county but to every state capital in the nation, as well as to the main computer banks at the FBI and the Justice Department in Washington.

    Practical Demonkeeping Moore, Christopher, 1957- 1992

  • It was no task for a predictable com-puter, not even one programmed with chaos logic.

    The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

  • Together, they are manufacturing a revolutionary com-puter chip, known as a Sphynx t-pram, a totally program'mable random access memory chip.

    The White Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1990

  • It's diversified: com-puter chip manufacture, steel, textiles.

    The White Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1990

  • At each new city Truzenzuzex and Tse-Mallory would glance hopefully over at Ab. Each time Ab.would stare delightedly at the new landscape beneath the shuttle, would rhyme ceaselessly, and then Truzenzuzex would read the com-puter interpretation of what Ab.had said and the shuttle would change course once again.

    The End of the Matter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

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