Original sentence: And finally, it could be used to distribute nearly all of the components of an application in a single file, reducing clutter and simplifying application installation and removal.First, it was used to store all graphical data on disk until it was needed, then retrieved, drawn on the screen, and thrown away.Originally conceived and implemented by programmer Bruce Horn, the resource fork was used for three purposes with Macintosh file system.Second, because all the pictures and text were stored separately in a resource fork, it could be used to allowed a non-programmer to translate an application for a foreign market, a process called internationalization and localization
Edited sentence: And finally, it allowed nearly all of the components of an application to be distributed in a single file, reducing clutter and simplifying application installation and removal.First, it allowed all graphical data to be stored on disk until it was needed, then retrieved, drawn on the screen, and thrown away.Originally conceived and implemented by programmer Bruce Horn, the resource fork provided three important improvements to the Macintosh file system.Second, because all the pictures and text were stored separately in a resource fork, for the first time it allowed a non-programmer to translate an application for a foreign market, a process called internationalization and localization