1. to start program

2. suspension file

3. folder’s content

4. to eject a CD

5. drop-down list

6. Appearance Control panel

7. Background

8. Status/Time box

9. pop-up box

10. amount of battery power

Unit 8

Vocabulary Bank

1. program

2. data

3. wordprocessor

4. package

5. suite

6. Spreadsheet

7. graphics

8. games

9. accounts

10. payrolls

11. presentation program

12. Email

13. PIM (personal information manager)

14. DTP (desktop publishing program)

15. small business tools

16. Website editor

17. image editor

18. developer tools

19. office programs

20. office packages

21. Microsoft Office

22. Mailmerging

23. computer hardware

24. file server

25. laser printer

26. Dot-matrix printer

27. CD-ROM

28. Patient Browser program (GPASS)

29. Tab

30. search criteria

31. criteria boxes

32. button icons

33. default button

34. adventure game

35. animated image

36. games consoles

37. PlayStation

38. Dreamcast

39. simulation program

40. 3D (three-dimensional)

41. Commodore 64

42. ASP (application service provider)

43. data centers

44. remote access

45. high-end

46. E-commerce resources

47. to upgrade

48. viruses

49. broadband

50. leased line

More words to learn

1. immediate access

2. briefcase notes

3. specially tailored software

4. rota

5. to be packed to bursting point

6. bandwidth

7. broadband connection

8. leased line

9. security controls

10. data storage

11. generic applications

12. complex business applications

Unit 9

Vocabulary Bank

1. MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)

2. digital audio

3. WAV

4. Megabytes

5. Kilohertz

6. tags

7. websites

8. compilations

9. Windows Media Player

10. MP3 player

11. control features

12. spectrum analysers

13. graphic equalisers

14. frequency displays

15. track info button

16. skins/ themes

17. ripper

18. to rip/ to extract

19. CD (compact disk)

20. encoder

21. recorder

22. MP3 player devices

23. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

24. music synthesisers

25. MIDI Interface board

26. Mixing desk

27. to encode

28. MIDI messages

29. 8-bit bytes

30. Bit

31. Byte

32. DVD- ROM

33. DVD (digital versatile disk)

34. CD-ROM

35. optical storage media

36. DVD_ROM drive

37. data transfer rate

38. Gigabytes

39. MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group)

More words to learn

1. audio and video comprehension

2. audio file format

3. key difference

4. to reproduce

5. to sample

6. discrete code

7. to strip out sounds

8. song’s lyrics

9. musical genres

10. to route the signals

11. soundcard

12. speakers

13. standalone players

14. playlist

15. to randomize the selection

16. music library

17. jukebox

18. car dashboard

19. Star Trek tricorder

20. interchangeable faceplates

21. writeable CD-ROM drive

Unit 10

Vocabulary Bank

1. computing support

2. hard disk drive

3. files

4. Windows Explorer

5. panes

6. divider

7. Folder/Directories

8. Subfolder/Sub-directories

9. navigation pane

10. tree diagram

11. toggle box

12. compacted

13. guidelines

14. create a new folder

15. drag

16. drop

17. undo command

18. desktop

19. run command

20. dialogue box

21. barcode reader

22. explorer pane

23. mainframe computer

24. system tray

25. laser printer

26. taskbar

27. expansion card

28. floppy drive

29. control bus

More words to learn

1. selected icon

2. folder hierarchy

3. search engine

4. LCD display

5. to speed up the computer

6. to lose data

7. relevant result

8. list of active programs

9. to virus-check

10. power cut

11. power-saving options

12. to perform computer operations

13. to install modem

14. to add more memory

15. to save regularly

16. to drag across the screen

17. to hold down the mouse button

18. to hit Enter

19. to filter down

20. default view

 

Unit 11

Vocabulary Bank

1. peripherals

2. servers

3. backbone

4. bridges

5. gateway

6. router

7. path/route

8. modem

9. analogue

10. ISDN (integrated services digital network)

11. adapter

12. DSL (digital subscriber line)

13. modem

14. Ethernet

15. NIC (network interfaces card)

16. hub

17. twisted-pair cabling

18. isolation adapter

19. wireless network

20. client/server network

21. client computers

22. terminals

23. thin client

24. NetPC

25. dumb terminal

26. byte

27. binary system

28. bits

29. asynchronous transmission

30. stop-start transmission

31. start bit

32. control bit

33. synchronous transmission

34. synch byte

More words to learn