A、PCs originated as stand-alone (A), however, in recent years many have been (B) to Local Area Networks (LANs). In a LAN, the data and usually the user application reside on the File Server, a PC running a special Network Operating System (NOS) such as Novell's NetWare or Microsoft's LAN Manager. The File Server manages the LAN users' shared access to data on its hard (C) and frequently provides access to other shared resources, such as printers. While a LAN enables users of PC-based databases to share (D) data files, it doesn't significantly change how the DBMS works; all the actual data (E) is still performed on the PC running the database application.
B、A～E: ① calculating ② common ③ connected ④ disks
C、⑤ displayed ⑥ systems ⑦ primers ⑧ processing
D、⑨ some ⑩ workstations