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stomp on the costs of memory

English translation: reduce the costs of memory modules for computers

07:59 Feb 23, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
English term or phrase: stomp on the costs of memory
No other company could revolutionize computers as IBM would. Because it developed its own proprietary circuitry, it became the world’s largest manufacturer of components and had tremendous incentive to stomp on the costs of memory.
Shirley Fan
Local time: 16:33
Selected answer:reduce the costs of memory modules for computers
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Egil Presttun
Norway
Local time: 10:33
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4 +5reduce the costs of memory modules for computers
Egil Presttun
4drive down the costs of memory
B D Finch


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
reduce the costs of memory modules for computers


Explanation:
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Egil Presttun
Norway
Local time: 10:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 8
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
drive down the costs of memory


Explanation:
"Stomp on" has to mean a large reduction, possibly achieved against opposition. It is not enough to understand this simply as a "reduction".

B D Finch
France
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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