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<LEGEND>
         This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Company's  Consolidated  Balance  Sheet  at  September  30,  1999  and  1998 and
Consolidated  Statement of Income and  Comprehensive  Income for the nine months
ended  September  30, 1999 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        PROGRAMMER'S PARADISE, INC.
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