1.   Centralized servers are used for a couple of tasks.

2.   Groove also foresees revenue from add-on software components, developer licenses, and a centralized server business that will help manage the flow of information.

3.   In effect, they are stripped-down PCs that use software from a centralized server that handles all applications and upgrades.

4.   Proponents of network computers claim that machines hooked to a centralized server cost a fraction of that to maintain.

5.   Truck drivers may not like being watched, and video renters may not be happy about their transactions being stored on a centralized server.

6.   Unlike Napster, there is no company behind Gnutella, and there are no centralized servers or Internet service providers that the record industry could go after.

7.   Despite the promise of peer-to-peer, nobody is claiming that the centralized servers are dead, said Andre Durand, founder of Jabber.com.

8.   The Gnutella network, which connects users with each other directly rather than through centralized servers like Napster, was busy as well.