On the whole, we humans are a chatty lot-an attribute we tend to pass on readily. We make gadgets that talk to other gadgets, engendering formal and casual networks of distributed data sources and processing ware and enabling rapid and inexpensive access to voluminous data. As with humans, there's no single, universally adopted method for electronically transferring information from one machine to another and for many of the same reasons; some are due to the distinctive strengths and weaknesses among available choices, but others are due to historical factors or application-centric preferences. The challenges for I/O designers is to create an inexpensive, robust interface compatible with standards and technologies that have endured and evolved for more than 30 years.
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机译：总体而言，我们人类是一个健谈的人，这是我们易于传递的属性。我们制造与其他小工具交谈的小工具，从而形成正式和临时的分布式数据源和处理软件的网络，并能够快速，廉价地访问大量数据。与人类一样，由于多种相同的原因，也没有一种普遍采用的方法将信息从一台机器电子传输到另一台机器。有些是由于可用选择之间的独特优势和劣势，而其他则是由于历史因素或以应用程序为中心的偏好。 I / O设计人员所面临的挑战是创建一种价格低廉，功能强大的接口，以兼容已持续30多年的标准和技术。
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