His eyes stared at the market statistics on the computer terminal, but his mind kept returning to the vendor scene.

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Aside from being a thoroughly civilized place in which to enjoy a good book, the library contains a computer terminal and large glass jars of freshly baked cookies.

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Each computer terminal had a single topic to discuss.

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But when they are out of the office for work or on vacation, other employees can reserve their spaces, either through an online system or at a computer terminal in the office.

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Recent Cisco efforts in home networking could make the personal computer little more than a dumb terminal, undercutting Microsoft.

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Yet despite their failures, the concept of network computing resonated and validated the Windows terminal, which has the advantages of a network computer and runs Windows applications.

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However, scores of residents went directly to the terminal, prompting confusion, as did a glitch in the computer system being used to register people.

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