11.   Instead of keeping software on each machine, people would use small, cheap computers that would get all their software from a central server.

12.   Napster has a central server that holds all the files.

13.   Network computers are stripped-down computers linked to a central server that provides software and processing power.

14.   Some have invested in systems like Lotus SameTime, from IBM, and Communicator Hub IM, from Communicator Inc., which run from central servers.

15.   The appliances download electronic books over phone lines directly from a central server.

16.   The company also operates a popular service that allows people to send faxes to a central server, from which they can be forwarded.

17.   The biggest problem with both kinds of machines is a lack of large data pipelines that can quickly carry information from a central server computer to the device.

18.   The data and applications reside on a central server computer.

19.   The data would then be transmitted to a central server that would compare it against a database of millions of stored songs.

20.   The only practical solution was to put files on a central server and share them over the network.