Unit X. Computer – as one of the most amazing achievements of mankind
1. Read, transcribe and memorize the following words and expressions.
a motherboard |
материнська плата |
a central processor unit |
центральний процесор |
memory |
пам'ять |
a video card |
відео карта |
a disk drive |
дисковод |
a printer |
принтер |
a scanner |
сканер |
to switch on/off |
вмикати / вимикати |
to start up |
починати |
to shut down |
закінчувати |
a device |
прилад |
a network |
мережа |
to install |
інсталювати |
a login |
логін |
to connect |
з'єднувати |
an operating system |
операційна система |
an instruction |
інструкція, команда |
a command |
команда |
to click on |
клацати (мишею) |
an icon |
віконце |
a button |
кнопка |
headphones |
навушники |
a speaker |
гучномовець |
a laptop |
ноутбук |
a hardware |
деталі комп'ютера |
a display |
дисплей |
a keyboard |
клавіатура |
a mouse pad |
килимок для миші |
a hard drive |
вінчестер |
2 . Make up word combinations from two columns.
Video room
Home mail
Operating drive
Chat card
Information system
Hard page
Electronic retrieval
3. Vocabulary Study.
Computers influence different aspects of our life. They even change our language. Nowadays a new language appeared due to computers. We often use its vocabulary. But do we always understand the meanings of these words? Here are some of the most popular ones.
CDROM – compact disc read only memory – is a CD on which large quantities of information can be used by a computer.
DVD – digital versatile disc – is a type of computer disc that can store a large amount of information, sound, pictures and video.
HTTP – hypertext transfer protocol – a set of standards that control how computer documents are connected to each other.
Data – is information in a form that can be used and stored on a computer.
SMS – short messaging system or short message service – is a feature on a mobile phone that allows a user to send or receive written messages.
WWW – is the abbreviation of World Wide Web.
Server – is the main computer on a network, which controls all the others.
WAP – Wireless Application Protocol – is a network of information, which can be accessed via mobile phone.
4. Read and translate the text. Computers
The first calculating machine was invented by Charles Babbage, a professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, in 1912. This machine could do complicated calculations faster than a human mathematician. The first computers were very big, because there were thousands of tubes in them. The engine weighs about 3 tones and it is nearly 2 meters tall and 3 meters wide. It’s still in the Science Museum today. But they were not used for a long time. Computers became smaller and now they can stand on a writing desk in a flat, but do calculations much faster. Now a computer can do one million sums in one second. No man can do that.
Today
computers are used widely, because they are more efficient than human
beings. They can calculate the orbits of sputniks and spaceships,
control machines in factories working out tomorrow’s weather
forecasts, reserve seats on plane, pay wages, play chess, write
poetry or compose music. Computers can also make a translation from
one language into another.
They are a great help to a student, a doctor, a teacher, a librarian, a composer, a designer, an agronomist. They are important in business, science, education, for entertainment.
Computer was first used for accounting. That's why it is so important for business and management. Banks use computers. Outside many banks there are automatic tellers, which are computers. People use them when the bank is closed.
How much information computer can store! They are ready to help people at any moment. In fact, they can do many of the things we do, but faster and better. Today computers control nearly everything we do in the world. They serve people in their daily lives and work.