In the traditional model, the operating system shares access to the resources, but there is still a single machine being shared.

I can walk through a spaceport today and not set off a single machine.

A single machine can take about nine months to build, at a cost anywhere from $200,000 to $500,000.

But even as prices fall, many researchers wonder whether people want a single machine to handle their television, music and photos.

Applications can be developed on a single machine and then run in parallel later.

The home had a single washing machine during one inspection, and it showed.

Currently only co-operative play on a single machine is available.

It is not a cluster, but works as a single large machine.

What if you could put multiple servers on a single machine?

Each of these services can be run either on a single machine, or off multiple machines.