Horizontal scaling is defined as changing the number of concurrent instances of an input queue in the cluster in order to increase or reduce processing capacity.

水平扩展的定义是更改集群中的输入队列的并发实例数量，以便增加或减少处理容量。

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Within a single vendor or an organization, centralized approaches are often preferred in order to encourage metadata asset reuse and to reduce development effort and confusion.

对于单个供应商或是组织来说，通常首选是集中方式，用来实现元数据资产的重用，并减少开发的工作量，避免出现混乱。

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In order to reduce the risk of an earthquake and reduce and mitigate its effects, it is necessary to predict where and when a future, large earthquake may occur.

为了降低地震危险性(一定地区在未来一段时间内可能发生破坏性地震的危险程度)和减少地震带来的危害，那么预测一下未来是否有一场大地震，它将在何时何地发生，这就显得很有必要。

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However, under the agreement, Tiffany may reduce retail prices by 20 percent in order to achieve an overall average gross margin for Peretti objects of no greater than 50 percent.

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And, during the Kennedy Administration, the Fed sold T-bills and purchased an equal amount of longer dated T-Notes in order to reduce long-term rates.

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