V. Find answers to the following questions

1) What technologies are available on the Internet?

2) What components does an e-mail message have?

3) What is the purpose of social network services?

4) What popular social networks are mentioned in the text?

5) Why is it necessary to standardize the services?

6) What are the first social networking websites?

7) What is the function of VoIP?

8) Why is Skype popular?

9) What information can be included in blog?

10) Who is the developer of ICQ?

VI. Look at these phrases from the text and explain the underlined parts in your own words

1) They require more multimedia capabilities of computer systems and are more taxing of network resources than others.

2) This required both computers to be on-line at the same time.

3) The history of modern global Internet e-mail services reaches back to the early ARPANET.

4) …who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.

5) Social networking services allow users to create a profile for themselves.

6) Social networks have a set of standard features.

7) The first and the most important requirement of making on-line calls is the broadband Internet connection.

8) Skype has also become popular for its additional features which include instant messaging file transfer and video conferencing.

VII. Define the following terms

Skype, connection, application, transfer, operate, site, design, feature, forum, e-mail, Usenet, header, privacy

VIII. Make sentences using the following phrases

1) consists of some components

2) some attempts to

3) are web-based and provide

4) focuses on these features

5) enables the signals to

6) while these calls

7) is the most popular use of

8) deliver and store messages

IX. Use an appropriate word from the list below to fill in the gaps

a) version d) developed g) offline j) greeting

b) seek e) messaging h) platform k) distributed

c) released f) instant i) million l) include

ICQ is an instant 1) ____ computer program, which was first 2) ____ by the Israeli company Mirabilis. The first 3) ____ of the program was 4) ____ in November 1996 and ICQ became the first Internet-wide 5) ____ messaging service. The name ICQ is an initialism on the phrase "I 6) ____ you". Today ICQ is used by over 31 7) ____ users worldwide. ICQ features 8) ____ sending text messages, 9) ____ support, multi-user chats, free daily-limited SMS sending, 10) ____ cards and multiplayer games. ICQ6 was launched on April 17, 2007, and offered a single communication 11) ____ that combines the various user options: free SMS from ICQ to mobile, voice and video communication. ICQ users are identified by numbers called UIN, 12) ____ in sequential order. The UIN was first invented by Mirabilis, as the user name assigned to each user upon registration. The meaning is either Universal Internet Number or Unified Identification Number.

X. Translate in written form the passage «Voice over Internet protocol enables the voice signals to travel over …. …. Send their links to other readers» into Ukrainian using your active vocabulary