1.   A stream of bits will enter our lives, to be interpreted by intelligent boxes that can store and translate the data, turning them into information and entertainment.

2.   But other employers have plunged ahead, translating the data into report cards on health plans.

3.   C-Cube makes chips that translate data on compact discs into video screen images.

4.   Take what happened when Gems tinkered with the computer that translates the data the scanner collects into images an operator can read.

5.   The detectors determine where the positrons are located, and computers translate the data into three-dimensional pictures.

6.   The modem translates computer data into a series of squeaks, warbles and squawks.

7.   The Securities and Exchange Commission requires insiders to report their purchases and sales, and several investment newsletters translate that data into investor-friendly formats.

8.   This data is translated into a signal that controls motors in the fake eye.

9.   Back in their offices, meteorologists use computers to compile and translate data about this El Nino and its predecessors.

10.   Regular modems translate digital data to sound waves and back to digital at the other end.