1.   Most personal computers are used to run software like word processors, spreadsheets, data bases and so on.

2.   The panels or arrays are used to run electrical appliances or systems and are connected to batteries to store surplus power.

3.   The court heard that forged American Express and Visa Gold cards were used to run up huge bills at the restaurants.

4.   As a worldwide sponsor, IBM is pulling together much of the technology that will be used to run the Games.

5.   Being able to use warmer air means that less energy needs to be used to run air-conditioning equipment, and less energy means lower costs.

6.   A well-traveled downtown street called River Road now leads right into the river, with only the tops of street lights showing where the road used to run.

7.   Chenault, who used to run the credit card business and continues to oversee it, acknowledges that the company faces obstacles.

8.   Computer Associates, based in Islandia, N.Y., makes software that companies use to run their computer systems.

9.   Compaq continues to improve the software used to run its Internet Keyboard.

10.   Compaq this year bought Tandem Computers Inc., which specializes in large fault-tolerant servers, the computers used to run large enterprises.