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COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, TOGETHER WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL MANUALS THEREFOR, FOR USE IN THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS- POSTAL COUNTER AUTOMATION AND RETAIL POSTAL POINT-OF-SALE APPLICATIONS; POINT-OF-SALE TRANSACTIONS CONDUCTED OVER A MULTIPLE-USER GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK; EMBEDDING, ENCRYPTING AND DECODING MACHINE-READABLE DATA WITHIN GRAPHIC IMAGES; AND DISTRIBUTED MESSAGING APPLICATIONS