Unit 1

Vocabulary Bank

1. to encourage

2. clipart

3. relevance

4. engine

5. interior designer

6. attachment

7. expansion card

8. handheld computer

9. benefit

10. advantage

11. disabled

12. remote

13. appliance

14. inventory

15. sophisticated

16. supervision

17. environment

18. forwarding

19. to enhance

20. appropriate

21. connectivity

22. to proliferate

23. significantly

24. endure

25. to require

26. opportunity

27. landscape

28. hard disk

29. security system

30. boardroom

31. to determine

32. to perform

33. research

34. customer

35. equipment

36. device

37. call monitoring

38. efficiency

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1. animation

2. word processor

3. spreadsheet

4. graphical interface

5. computer output

6. to log on

7. password

8. IRC

9. FTP

10. to download

11. to upload

12. WWW

13. search engine

14. information superhighway

15. to telecommute

16. videoconferencing

17. storage device

18. vacuum-sealed case

19. to stay in touch

20. to plug into

Unit 2

Vocabulary Bank

1. mainframe

2. multi-tasking

3. desktop computer

4. suitable

5. workstation

6. laptop

7. pen-based

8. PDA

9. UPS

10. electricity supply

11. RAM

12. ROM

13. to start up

14. CPU

15. barcode reader

16. plotter

17. loudspeaker

18. headphones

19. floppy disk

20. system bus

21. cache

22. driver card

23. external

24. port replicator

25. spelling

26. capacity

27. to measure

28. surface

29. resolution

30. VGA

31. SVGA

32. decimal system

33. binary system

34. hardware

35. software

36. payroll data

37. nuclear research

38. appointment

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1. multimedia feature

2. computer motherboard

3. wavetable system

4. viewable

5. typewriter

6. swipe cards

7. damage

8. screwdriver

9. power cord

10. coherency

11. bottleneck

12. adjacent

13. cache hit

14. write-through cache

15. write-back cache

16. power failure

17. mainframe computer

18. keyboard

19. research

Unit 3

Vocabulary Bank

1. headquarters

2. vehicle

3. flash

4. wavelength

5. to trigger

6. database

7. mail merge

8. till

9. checkout

10. receipt

11. data mining

12. cluster

13. fraud

14. warehouse

15. cleanse data

16. validity

17. relevance

18. raw data

19. artificial intelligence

20. insurance claim

21. to install

22. barcode

23. sequence

24. beneficial

25. life-threatening

26. sophisticated

27. speed trap

28. to bounce

29. to trigger

30. flashgun

31. DVLC

32. to withdraw money

33. irrelevant

34. stock control

35. checking sell-by dates

36. staff roster

37. suspect

38. check-in facilities

39. to ensure

40. speed limit

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1. ATM

2. fingerprint

3. number plate

4. deductive reasoning

5. decision tree

6. erroneous

7. to remove

8. newswire

9. purchase

10. data storage

11. baggage handling

12. EPOS till

13. smart card

14. bank account

15. fraudulent

16. stock file

17. branch computer

18. word processing

19. steering wheel

Unit 4

Vocabulary Bank

1. peripheral device

2. electronic scales

3. swipe card reader

4. numeric keypad

5. LCD

6. CCD

7. photo-transistor

8. pixel

9. solid state memory

10. storage media

11. disk / tape drive

12. read / write head

13. flexible plastic

14. versatile disk

15. magneto-optical device

16. removable storage

17. fixed storage

18. comparison

19. joystick

20. lens

21. viewfinder

22. dot-matrix printer

23. solid-ink printer

24. loyalty card

25. delivery

26. holographic storage

27. high-end server

28. recordable

29. power-hungry

30. to re-shoot

31. rechargeable battery

32. ink-jet

33. book loan

34. strain injury

35. to superimpose

36. approximate

37. avowed

38. improvement

39. contender

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1. AFM

2. processor chip

3. application

4. conventional camera

5. fixed hard disk

6. enterprise computing

7. network searches

8. stock control information

9. sufficient

10. plotter

11. thermal transfer

12. access rate

13. plenary

14. tape drive

15. spinning plastic disk

16. holographic

17. medium

18. sensitive

19. resolution

20. view-finder

Unit 5

Vocabulary Bank

1. HW Installation and Maintenance

2. application

3. software development

4. to free up

5. to upgrade

6. to upload

7. foundation

8. compiler

9. assignment

10. to keep up

11. to back up

12. to start up

13. motherboard

14. suggestion

15. to provide

16. binary system

17. data communications

18. to catch up

19. hand-out

20. development

21. tool

22. Computing Support

23. to maintain

24. available

25. qualifications

26. HNC

27. full-time course

28. part-time course

29. HND

30. mainframe

31. access

32. to involve

33. machine code

34. LAN (local area network)

35. compatible personal computer

36. environment

37. work experience

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1. employer

2. to assemble

3. interpreter

4. to advertise

5. set book

6. desktop

7. network technology

8. project management

9. Multi-user Operating System

10. language skill

11. current

12. confidence

13. to search

14. to execute

15. COBOL

16. computerized

17. customer

18. manufacturer

Unit 6

Vocabulary Bank

1. OS

2. interface

3. application program

4. to interact

5. background

6. supervisor program

7. resident program

8. command driven

9. command prompt

10. abbreviation

11. Unix

12. GUI

13. disk storage

14. sufficient

15. to invoke

16. to establish

17. user interface

18. to facilitate

19. to upgrade

20. to delete a file

21. to obtain

22. typesetting tool

23. graphic engine

24. to implement

25. interaction

26. logout

27. applications software

28. to look forward to

29. to object to

30. additional

31. interaction

32. to allow

33. search engine

34. layer

35. trajectory

36. assembly line

37. to provide

More words to learn

1. to switch on

2. to be aware

3. interaction

4. key function

5. multiple

6. to hack into

7. directory

8. to delete

9. shell

10. memory-protection

11. pre-emptive

12. source code

13. kernel

14. utility

15. robust

16. shortcoming

17. eye-watering price

18. revenue stream

19. astounding

Unit 7

Vocabulary Bank

1. GUI (graphical user interface)

2. mouse

3. Microsoft Windows

4. PC

5. desktop

6. icons

7. cursor

8. pointer

9. to select

10. to click

11. to hover

12. tooltip

13. to double-click

14. rectangular box

15. window

16. scroll bar

17. to drag

18. to drop

19. menu bar

20. menu

21. submenu

22. to find

23. Undo

24. Cut

25. Paste

26. taskbar

27. system tray

28. system clock

29. sound volume control

30. start button

31. start menu

32. operating system

33. Shut Down option

34. touchscreen

35. common icons

36. Microsoft outlook

37. My briefcase

38. Network Neighbourhood

39. My Network Places

40. My Computer

41. Internet Explorer

42. Recycle Bin

43. Shift key

44. MouseKeys feature

45. ALT+TAB

46. StickyKeys feature

47. PRINT SCREEN key

48. ALT+PRINT SCREEN

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