There's a calorie chart on the first page of the menu, with calorie data listed alongside each item.

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Being able to process every item of data in reasonable time removes the troublesome need for sampling and promotes an investigative approach to data, in contrast to the somewhat static nature of running predetermined reports.

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The data capture system only stores one item of information on your computer -- a random number.

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His market data service is a must-have item for investment professionals in the U.S. and, increasingly, in Europe.

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The number of each item collected was recorded on data cards provided by the Ocean Conservancy, specifically designed for the International Coastal Cleanup.

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Routers that once just shifted data packets around the Internet now figure out what new item--Internet phones, a laptop, a PDA, possibly an appliance--is joining the network.

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For a fee, some wallet providers will let retailers access customer data, such as how many times a particular shopper has purchased an item or what the best-selling item of the week was.

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But it is notoriously ill-suited to high-tech industries that have to tailor each item to a customer's specific needs (as in a data-switching centre or air-traffic-control system) or in which it is crucial that thousands of interrelated components all work correctly together (as in a rocket vehicle).

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