MIrc for Windows is a typical Internet relay chat program. You can get it at http://www.Mirc.Co.Uk/

Exercise 4. А typical web page

A The picture below illustrates а typical web page. Look at the HELP box and then find the following features in the picture:

1 URL address

2. Basic functions of the toolbar:

а) go to the home page

b) retrace your steps

с) go forward one page

d) interrupt the current transfer

е) update а page

f) find words within а page

g) load and display the page's images

3 Clickable image link

4 Clickable hypertext link

HELP bох URL: uniform resource locator, the address of а file on the Internet. А URL looks like this: http://www.netscape.corn/ — 'http://' means hypertext transfer protocol and tells the program to look for а web page — 'www' means World Wide Web — 'netscape.com' is the domain name and tells people that it is а commercial enterprise navigation buttons: buttons on the toolbar which allow you to go back or forward to other web pages. You can also return to your start-up page or stop the transfer when the circuits are busy links: shortcuts (underlined text or images) that, when clicked, take you to other web pages security on the Web: just а few websites are secure. When the page is not encrypted, the security lock is open

A sample screen from Netscape Communicator, a leading program for work on the Internet.

http://www.netscape.com/

B Have you ever surfed the Web? What are your favourite web sites?

Tell your partner about it.

C Look at these tasks and choose the most suitable Web site from the cyberlist.

1. Read about environmental problems http://www.yahoo.com/

2. Get news reports http://www.greenpeace.org/

3. Find out about specific hardware and software http://www.ibm.com/

4. Make flight reservations http:/www.gofly.com/

5. Read about films and Hollywood awards http://www. telegraph.co.uk/

6. Search for web addresses http://www.oscars.org/

Exercise 5. Writing.

А Study the format of the Internet address. Then read the header of the

e-mail below and identify the sender, the recipient and the line that describes the content. Is there an attached file? How do you say 'attachment' in your language?

В Write а reply to the e-mail message.

A sample screen from Eudora, a popular e-mail program. Qualcomm’s Eudora is available at http://www.eudora.com/

Unit 17 programming and languages

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b

xercise 1. Can you identify these programming languages?

a

c

Exercise 2. Reading

A Before reading the text, try to fill in the gaps in these sentences.

1. А _______ is a program written in one of the high-level languages.

2. A program written in one of the high-level languages must be interpreted into _______ before the computer will read and process it.

3. А program designed to perform а specific task is called an _______.

4. The _______ or _______ is the program produced when the original program has been converted into machine code.

5. A _______ is а program that converts а high-level language into machine code.

6. The systems program which fetches required systems routines and links them to the object module is known as the _______.

7. The _______ is the program directly executable by the computer.

B Now read the text to check your answers.