- •Lesson 1 The History of Operating Systems. Operating System Overview
- •Part I Work in class
- •II. Tongue twister. Read as fast as you can.
- •III. Pronunciation practice.
- •IV. Which word is different? Part of speech. Make up three more word lines.
- •II. Which word is different? Synonyms.
- •III. Find the meaning of the following words.
- •IV. Guess the word. The meaning is given to you.
- •II. Translate the following word combinations.
- •III. Make a word combination. Use the verbs given below.
- •IV. Make up the sentences and read the text.
- •V. Ask the questions to the situations.
- •VI. Fill in the gaps with prepositions on, into, of, in, with, to, for.
- •VII. Find information on different operating systems. Fill in the table with an appropriate infimation according to the picture.
- •VIII. Choose the ending to the beginning and read the text.
- •IX. Think over and fill in the necessary word from the list given below.
- •Including, software, development, include, developed, architectures, refer, environments, embedded
- •I. Rewrite the extract filling in the missing letters if necessary.
- •II. Rewrite the extract and guess the word.
- •III. Dictate the following text to your group mate. Check it together.
- •IV. Write an essay in which describe how well does it work. Begin your sentences with the following phrases:
- •Part II Self-study work
- •II. Read the sentences and choose the necessary word.
- •II. Read information given on http://www.Absoluteastronomy.Com/topics/Operating_system
- •I. Google and make the report on one of the topic given below.
- •Additional information un*X History By Alan Filipski
- •1. Chances are, you rely on one of these on a daily basis, but how much do you know about them? Take our quiz to test your knowledge on operating systems and associated technologies.
- •16. The figure shows that os acts as the saving or storing area for hardware resources and application programs.
- •Lesson 2
- •Part I Work in class
- •II. Tongue twister
- •III. Pronunciation practice
- •IV. Which word is different? Part of speech. Make up three more word lines.
- •II. Which word is different? Synonyms.
- •III. Find the meaning of the following words.
- •IV. Guess the word. The meaning is given to you.
- •V. Choose the core word.
- •I/o System Management
- •II. Translate the following word combinations.
- •III. Make up word combinations.
- •IV. Make up sentences and identify the purpose of an operating system
- •V. Ask the question to the sentences.
- •File System
- •VI. Fill in the Blanks.
- •VII. Following are the five services provided by operating systems to the convenience of the users.
- •VIII. Identifying Different Operating Systems. Os provides an interface between the user or application program and the computer hardware. Fill in the table for: Personal Computer os, Mobile os.
- •I. Rewrite the extract filling in the missing letters.
- •II. Rewrite the text choosing necessary word. Troubleshooting Common Operating System Problems.
- •III. Operating system can be categorized by a number of characteristics: Technology, Usage, and Licensing. Dictate the following text to your group mate. Check it together.
- •IV. How much do you know about System Components that the os is responsible for? We invite you to match them. System Components that the os is responsible for:
- •Part II Self-study work
- •II. Windows Disk Cleanup utility helps you free space on your computer by deleting temporary and other unnecessary files from a driver. Complete the following:
- •I.Windows 8 is the most recent operating system developed for the pc, and Mac os X is the most recent operating system developed for the Macintosh computer. Complete the following:
- •I. Give 3 examples of sharing in an os, and show what protection mechanisms might be necessary to control sharing.
- •Additional information
- •Identifying User Rights
- •If Architects Had to Work Like Programmers
- •Some useful words and word-combinations
- •I. True or false?
- •Lesson 3 Network Fundamentals. The Internet.
- •II. Tongue twister
- •III. Pronunciation practice
- •IV. Which word is different? Part of speech. Make up three more word lines.
- •II. Which word is different? Synonyms.
- •III. Find the meaning of the following words.
- •II. Translate the following word combinations.
- •III. Put the sentences into the right order and read the text.
- •VI. Find information on The Twelve Networking Truths by r. Callon And.
- •VII. Fill in the Blanks Complete the following sentences by writing the correct word.
- •I. Rewrite the extract filling in the missing letters.
- •II. Dictate the following text to your group mate. Check it together.
- •IV. Answer the following questions.
- •I. Read, give your opinion and continue a list (By Clay Shannon).
- •I. Prepare the presentation using information given below.
- •I. Google for the answers and check yourself.
- •7) Which type of backup copies files created or changed since the last full backup?
- •II. Translate into English.
- •I. A) True or false? Read the sentences and give your arguments for and against.
- •Additional information
- •Networking Solution Glossary
- •Take a fun and remember!
Some useful words and word-combinations
Unixoid: Orthodox Unixoid - a believer in Solaris and other BSD style OSes. Heavy user of VI. Usually hates Java and suspects that the best language in C.
Linuxoid - mutant that believes mainly in Linux Penguin sexual appeal. Slashdot fan. Promiscuous as for editors choice. Usually hate FreeBSD out of political correctness it somebody compare it to Linux. But sometimes can say nice word about Solaris it is not compared with Linux directly and because of Gnome. Supports Transmeta because of Linux Torvalds although usually understand nothing about microprocessor design.
Renegat - unixoid or linuxoid who recently became a fan of Windows.
Part III
Check yourself.
I. True or false?
1. The system administrator generally has an administrator account.
2. Some file types are readable on more than one OS.
3. Handheld computers do not contain an OS.
4. An OS manages resources for applications.
5. There are five basic types of software.
6. To share files across operating system platforms, you can use solutions involving hardware, software, and data. For example, saving data or work files in the Rich Text Format means that most other operating systems can read the file.
7. An operating system sets limitations to protect itself and the data on the computer. The operating system grants permission to you to perform some task but prevents you from performing others according to your user rights.
8. The system administrator has unrestricted access to make system-wide changes to the computer, including those that affect other users. Without administrative rights, you cannot make changes such as system modifications, installing software, or changing network settings.
9. Typical operating system problems include file incompatibility, file corruption, and disk crashes.
Lesson 3 Network Fundamentals. The Internet.
The World Wide Web URL (Uniform Resource Locator) - an Internet address of a document on a computer begin with http:// .
HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol - the protocol that allows Web browsers to communicate with Web servers
Task 1 Can you say? Let’s do it!
I. Pronunciation drills
apple -sample |
oberon- interferon |
Pentium - centrum |
unix-linux |
Macintosh - tosh |
mainframe - same |
bassinette - diskette |
red hat – white cat |
illiterate - stimulate |
black berry – blue cherry |
II. Tongue twister
Hush little baby don't you fret Hush little baby don't be glum
Papa can't use a computer yet Papa's gonna buy you a Pentium
How it hurts me to confess And if that Pentium should crash
Mama don't have no email address Mama's gonna buy you a Macintosh
Don't you worry, don't be alarmed We'll put a screen in your bassinette
We'll get you online before you're harmed Ain't raisin' no computer illiterate
We'll place a mouse in your wee hand
Before you can walk, or even stand