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  1. In computing, a system that allows the
  2. computer to work interactively with its
  3. users, responding to each instruction as it
  4. is given and prompting users for information
  5. when necessary, as opposed to a batch system.
  6. Since the fall in the cost of computers in
  7. the 1970s, online operation has become
  8. increasingly attractive commercially.
  9.