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the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
The neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural (they, their or theirs, them)
As a substance for any noun of the neuter gender
As a demonstrative, especially at the beginning of a sentence, pointing to that which is about to be stated, named, or mentioned, or referring to that which apparent or well known
As an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb
As a substitute for such general terms as, the state of affairs, the condition of things, and the like
As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb

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