Unit 3 Computer Applications

speed trap – радар для контролю швидкості

radar set – радіолокатор

vehicle, n – автотранспортний засіб

pre-set by – встановлений, дозволений

outwit, v – перехитрити, ошукати, обдурити

relay, v – відображати, передавати

Driver and Vihicle Licensing Centre – Національна база даних автомобільного транспорту

optical character recognition – оптичне розпізнавання знаків

mail merge – збірка листів

data mining – інтелектуальний аналіз даних

pattern, n – взірець, модель

artificial intelligence – штучний інтелект

deductive reasoning – дедуктивний метод аналізу

neural network - нейромережа

clustering, n – групування, розбивка на групи

decision tree – дерево ухвалення рішень

data range – діапазон даних

labelled – маркірований, позначений

subset, n – підгрупа

cleansing, n – очищення

duplicate information – скопійована інформація

erroneous data – невірні, неправильні дані

data warehouse – сховище даних

flat file – двомірний файл, неструктурований файл

data mart - кіоск даних

refine parameters – задавати параметри

scrap, v – видаляти

newswire – стрічка новин, канал новин

resolve bottleneck – вирішувати проблему, розв’язувати задачу

genetic make-up – генотип людини, генетичний склад

Computer Applications focuses on word processing speed and accuracy, skill in the use of database and spreadsheet applications, and the integration of all of these. Contestants will have the opportunity to produce two printouts and the mandatory tie breaker. Each printout will be assigned a weighted point value, based on difficulty, which will be so indicated on the contest paper.

This is a technology based contest, and the goal is for students to have a thorough, working knowledge of these three applications and be able to complete substantial tasks in all of them and to direct data from one application to another. The difficulty of the elements on tests will increase as we get to higher levels of competition.

Vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises

Exercise 1. Match words with their definitions.

1. a program used for preparing documents and letters;

2. a row of words that open up menus when selected;

3. the distinctive design of letters and characters, eg. Arial, Courtier;

4. text printed in the top margin;

5. text printed in the bottom margin;

6. the way text is arrange on the page, including margins, paragraphs, colums, etc.;

7. function that enables you to combine two files into one.

A menu bar E merge

B layout F header

C word processor G typeface

D footer

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the below nouns.

games dating programs screen software viruses

1. Computer ….. spread from one machine to another through e-mail attachments.

2. Many children today would rather play computer ….. than play outside.

3. The computer ….. is installed on your machine. It comes with Windows XP.

4. Computer ….. is an interesting way of meeting somebody of the opposite sex.

5. An error message flashed up on my computer …… .

6. I’ve done a number of courses and I can now write simple computer ….. .

Exercise 3. Read the text below. For questions 6-10 choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.