Perhaps the clearest example is the growing popularity of personal computers that give people a window on the world. The Internet and commercial network services provide all kinds of information (good and not so good), and interpersonal contact through electronic mail, various discussion groups, and message boards.

Call to mind thy dream, / An earthly globe, / On whoſe meridian was engraven, / Theſe ſeas are tears, and heav'n the haven.

Usage note: low gear implies the first sense, a low gear implies the second.

Ah, ya ain't worried bouta a lousy twenny cents are ya? Mean to say, it ain't gonna bust ya is it? Ah, Missa Jake, price on board say five dollah twenny. Price not go down. When it does, we change up on board.