1.   Cypherpunks intend to level the playing field against centralized computer resources with the Fax Effect.

2.   An NC, by comparison, relies on common software available on a centralized computer that is controlled by someone else.

3.   A server is a powerful centralized computer that distributes and manages a network of linked workstations, other servers or personal computers.

4.   Some agencies lost access to their centralized computer systems and paper records.

5.   The airlines file their prices several times a day to a centralized computer system and are barred by law from alerting one another to any changes beforehand.

6.   The application process is completely online this year, but snags with the centralized computer system has delayed things.

7.   The rise of Microsoft marked the shift from centralized computers to the desktop PC.

8.   Greece will not ratify the Schengen Treaty on European crime prevention because of fears that personal privacy laws will be violated by a centralized computer database.