11.   Although the stock exchange was closed for the day as a result of the explosion, trading was largely uninterrupted since the central computer system remained undamaged.

12.   Typically, online systems consist of a central computer housing large, predominantly textual databases which can be delivered to information users at remote terminals.

13.   The terminals are generally connected to the central computer by telecommunications links.

14.   Customers dial up the central computer, effectively making a telephone link via a modem between their terminal and the computer housing the databases.

15.   Fibre optic cables and banks of screens also feature inside the rooms, and the whole show is controlled by a central computer.

16.   Central computer recording of transactions would enable automatic screening for multiple and unjustified claims.

17.   Ascend makes equipment allowing users to dial up a central computer from home.

18.   At that point, the cartridges would be read and the results compiled by the central computer.

19.   A central computer puts some of the money gambled at each machine into the jackpot, which can be won at any Megabucks machine.

20.   A central computer manages the data from the individual terminals and sends it to a home computer, where the customer can review his or her shopping patterns.