
- •Computers in our life
- •Operating a computer
- •What do people use computers for?
- •Important vocabulary
- •Lesson 2 Operating a computer
- •2. Read and memorize the following words.
- •6. Full in the gapes words. Copying a Single File
- •Hardware Requirements
- •Lesson 3 From the history of computer
- •1. Read and memorize the following words:
- •From the history of computer
- •Obtaining Network Information
- •Lesson 4 My computer's gone wrong!
- •1. Read and memorize the following words.
- •Installing a new operating system
- •Lesson 5 Communication with computer
- •1. Read and memorize the following words.
- •Upgrading vs. Installing a New Copy
- •Lesson 6 Buying a computer
- •1. Read and memorize the following words.
- •Some Kbytes from Peter Norton's Life
- •Lesson 7
- •1. Read and memorize the following words:
- •Lesson 8 The effects of computers on our ability to think
- •1. Read and memorize the following words.
- •Richard Wilton
- •Lesson 9 The Internet
- •1. Read and memorize the following words.
- •Lesson 10 Computers: advantages and disadvantages
- •1. Read and memorize the following words.
- •Basic Computer Terms and Definitions
- •Тексти для додаткового читання
- •Input device
6. Full in the gapes words. Copying a Single File
In this section you will copy the EDIT.HLP and EDIT.COM files from the DOS directory to the FRUIT directory. You will specify the source and destination of these files in two different ways. The difference between the two methods _______ explained at the end of this section.
Before you begin this section, make _______ the command prompt looks _______ the following:
C:\FRUIT>
To copy the EDIT.HLP and EDIT.COM files from the DOS directory to the FRUIT directory
1. Return to the root directory by ___________ the following at the command prompt: cd\ The command prompt should now _________ like the following: C:\>
2. Change to the DOS directory by typing the ________at the command prompt: cddos The command prompt should now look like the following; C:\DOS>
3. Make sure the file you are going to copy, EDIT.COM, ________ located in the DOS directory by using the dir command followed ________ a filename. To see if the EDIT.COM file is in the DOS directory, type the following at the __________ prompt:
dir edit.com.
5. Translate the text in writing
Hardware Requirements
Before you install Windows XP Professional, make sure your computer meets the following minimum hardware requirements:
233 megahertz (MHz) Pentium or higher microprocessor (or equivalent)
128 megabytes (MB) recommended (64 MB of RAM minimum; 4 gigabytes (GB) of RAM maximum)
1.5 GB of free space on your hard disk
VGA monitor
Keyboard
Mouse or compatible pointing device
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Lesson 3 From the history of computer
1. Read and memorize the following words:
abacus – pахівниця;
digit - цифра, число;
key - кнопка, клавиша;
hardware - апаратне забезпечення;
to store – запам’ятовувати, зберігати;
storage – пам’ять; зберігання даних;
to compute - обчислювати;
to count – рахувати;
to perform – виконувати;
to compare – порівнювати;
to calculate – обчислювати;
to process - обробляти, опрацьовувати;
significant –важливий, суттєвий ;
achievement – досягнення;
mankind – людство;
rope – канат, мотузка;
knotted - зав’язаний;
clay – глина;
to penetrate - проникати;
missile - реактивный снаряд;
manufacturing – виробництво;
research – дослідження;
numerical – цифровий;
measurement – вимірювання;
significance – важливість;
steam-engine - паровий двигун;
utilization – використання.
2. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
1. The abacus has so remote origins that they cannot be dated.
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2. These digits are easily multiplied.
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3. This ordinary adding machine has ten keys for each column of digits.
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4. This hardware inside the machine expresses arithmetical and logical relations.
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5. Hardware is useless without software which is computer instructions programs.
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6. The computing machine can take in and store information.
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7. The part of a computer which stores information is called storage or memory.
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8. A digital computer is a machine which computes digits or numbers.
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9. The computer can perform different kinds of operations.
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10. After performing calculations a computer displays a result.
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11. I shall compare my results with yours.
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12. I’ll show you how to calculate by using a computer.
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13. The instructions are recorded in the order in which they are to be carried out.
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14. The basic job of computers is the processing of information.
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3. A lot of people nowadays have computers and the term computer is becoming a household world. But what can you tell your friends from the history of computers?