- •Хакасский государственный университет
- •Part II Texts for Supplementary Reading
- •Предисловие
- •The main parts of the computer
- •Using a mouse
- •Lesson 2
- •Word-building (словообразование) (1)
- •Keyboard
- •Windows program keyboard shortcuts
- •Lesson 3
- •Buses and interfaces
- •Word-building (2)
- •Lesson 4
- •Structure (phrases)
- •A) “hardware”
- •B) “data”
- •Lesson 5
- •What is a microprocessor?
- •Pentium, pentium pro, pentium II and pentium III
- •Lesson 6
- •Word-building (3)
- •Lesson 7
- •General dram concepts
- •Structure ( 2)
- •Lesson 8
- •Storage media
- •Word-building (4)
- •Incompatible, unrecoverable, unavailable, unusable, unsuitable, non-removable, non-contiguous, non-volatile.
- •Structure (3)
- •Lesson 9
- •«Ware» terms
- •Section II. Software lesson 10
- •Structure (4) Ex.2 a) Read the sentences and analyze their structure:
- •Programming language generations
- •Lesson 11
- •Word-building (5)
- •What is object-oriented software?
- •Inheritance
- •Object-oriented languages
- •Lesson 12
- •General operating system concepts
- •Wysiwyg – structure (5)
- •Imperative sentences (commands and instructions) :
- •Starting and quitting windows nt
- •2.Using the desktop
- •Ex.5 Translate into English:
- •Ex.6 Say a few words about:
- •Revision (sructure)
- •Lesson 14
- •Ex.3 Translate into English:
- •Config.Sys commands
- •Ex.6 Agree or disagree:
- •Lesson 15
- •Ex.1 Translate the following technologies into Russian:
- •Ex.2 a) Read and translate into Russian:
- •Ex.5 Read and translate into Russian: operating system overview
- •Operating systems and file systems
- •Lesson 16
- •General database concepts
- •Ex.4 Choose the right synonym to the word ‘query’: a) requirement; b) retrieval; c) request.
- •Section III. Networking lesson 17
- •What is a network?
- •How are networks categorized?
- •How does p2p work?
- •Information transmission media
- •Lesson 18
- •Computing network components
- •Ex.10 Read and translate into Russian:
- •Ex.11 Translate into English:
- •Lesson 19
- •The internet
- •Internet protocols
- •Surfing The Net. By Shirley.
- •Lesson 20
- •Basic security and licensing terms
- •How bytes and bits work
- •System case
- •How pci works
- •Motherboard and system devices
- •Graphics adapter
- •How it works
- •System cache
- •Ethernet
- •Traditional ethernet
- •Fast ethernet
- •Gigabit ethernet
- •How a computer virus works
- •General virus types
- •All maliicous codes aren’t viruses
- •Intel software license agreement (Final, Single User) (abstract)
- •Glossary
- •Defragment
- •Device Driver
- •Formatting
- •Operating system
- •Plug-n-Play
- •Program
- •Vesa Local Bus
- •Virtual Memory
- •It Crossword Puzzle
- •Answer keys
- •It Crossword Puzzle
- •List of acronyms and abbreviations
- •1. Terms used in computer field
- •2. Basic abbreviations used in scientific field
- •3.Irregular verbs
- •Bibliography Основная литература
- •Справочная литература
Хакасский государственный университет
им. Н.Ф.КАТАНОВА
Е. В. Еремина
КОМПЬЮТЕРНЫЙ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ
УЧЕБНОЕ ПОСОБИЕ
Абакан 2002
CONTENTS
Предисловие ……………….…………………………………………………………………………………………….……….5
Part I
Section I. Hardware …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..….6
Lesson 1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..6
Text A. The Main Parts of the Computer………………………………………………………………..…………….….6
Text B. Using a Mouse……………………………………………………………………………………………….…...7
Lesson 2 ……………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………. ………8
Text. Keyboard.…………………….……………………………………………………………………………………..8
Lesson 3 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………10
Text. Buses and Interfaces………………………………………………………………………………………………11
Lesson 4 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….12
Lesson 5 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....14
Text A. What is a Microprocessor? ……...…………………………………………………………………………...…15
Text B. Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II and Pentium III ………………………..……………………………...……15
Lesson 6 ………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………...…16
Text. Memory…………………………………………………………………...………………………………………18
Lesson 7 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………...…18
Text A. General DRAM Concepts …………………………………………………………………………...…………19
Text B. Partitions and Volumes………………………………………………………………………………...……….20
Lesson 8 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……..21
Text Storage Media …………………………………………………………………………………………….….……21
Lesson 9 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…..23
Text «Ware» Terms…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…23
Section II. Software……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..24
Lesson 10 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....…..24
Text A. Programming Language Generations ………………………………...……………………………………..….25
Text B. Terms ……………………………………………………………………………….…………………………..25
Lesson 11 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………...………...….26
Text A. What is Object-Oriented Software? ……………………………………………………………….…………...26
Text B. Object-Oriented Languages ……………………………………………………………………………………27
Lesson 12 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…………....28
Text. General Operating System Concepts ……………………………………………………………………….…….28
Lesson 13 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...30
Text A. Starting and Quitting Windows NT ....………………………………………………………………………….31
Text B. Using the Desktop …………………………………………………………………………………...………....32
Lesson 14 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………….33
Text A. Filename Extensions ………………………………………………………………………...………………....33
Text B. CONFIG.SYS Commands ………………………………………………………………………...…….…......34
Lesson 15 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...34
Text A. Dynamic Data Exchange ……………………………………………………………………………….……....35
Text B. Plug and Play …………………………………………………………………………………..……………….35
Text C. Object Linking and Embedding …………………………………………………………...………………...…35
Text D. Operating System Overview ………………………………………………………………………………...…35
Lesson 16 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……....36
Text. General Database Concepts ………………………………………………………………………………...…….36
Section III. Networking………………………………………………………………………………………….……...…...…38
Lesson 17 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……38
Text A. What is a Network? ………………………………………………………………………………………....….38
Text B. How are Networks Categorized? ……………………………………………………………………………....38
Text C. How Does P2P Work?...…………………………………………………………………………..…..……….39
Text D. Information Transmission Media ………………………………………………………………….…………..39
Lesson 18 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….40
Text A. Computing Network Components ……………………………………………………………………...….…...41
Text B. Network Topology ………………………………………………………………………...………..……….....42
Lesson 19 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….43
Text A. The MS Network …………………………………………………………………………………………..…...44
Text B. The Internet ………………………………………………………………………………………………..…...44
Text C. Internet Protocols ……………………………………………………………………………..…………..…....45
Lesson 20 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….46
Text. Basic Terms of Security and Licensing. Revision……………………………………………………….……..…47