- •Английский язык
- •1 Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text Everyday uses of computers
- •3 Answer the questions.
- •1 Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text Types of Computer
- •3 Answer the questions.
- •1 Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text Parts of a computer
- •3 Answer the questions
- •1 Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text Keyboard and Mouse
- •3 Answer the questions
- •1 Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text
- •Interview: Student
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •1 Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text
- •Input Devices
- •Optical input devices
- •3 Answer the following questions
- •1Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text Output devices
- •3 Answer the following questions.
- •1 Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text Storage devices
- •3 Answer the following questions.
- •Supplementary Reading
- •1Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text Graphical User Interface
- •3 Answer the following questions.
- •Unit 10
- •1 Terms to learn
- •2 Read the text Computing Support Assistant
- •3 Answer the following questions.
- •Unit 11
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text Networks
- •3 Answer the following questions
- •Unit 12
- •1 Words to learn
- •2 Read the text Communications
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 13
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text The Internet 1: email and newsgroups
- •3 Answer the following questions
- •Unit 14
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text
- •Internet 2: the World Wide Web
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 15
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text
- •Interview: Website Designer
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 16
- •1 Terms to know
- •2 Read the text Word processing
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Test 10
- •Unit 17
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text Databases and spreadsheets
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 18
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text Graphics and Multimedia
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Test 11
- •Unit 19
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text Programming
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 20
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text
- •Interview: Analyst/Programmer
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Test 12
- •Unit 21
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text Languages
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 22
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Test 13
- •Unit 23
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text Future Trends 1
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Test 14
- •Unit 24
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text Future Trends 2
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 25
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text
- •Interview: it Manager
- •Unit 26
- •2 Read the text
- •Issues in computing
- •3 Answer the following questions:
- •Test 15
- •Unit 27
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text Careers in computing
- •Unit 28
- •1 Words to know
- •2 Read the text
- •Interview: Systems Manager
- •3 Answer the following two questions:
- •Test 16
- •List of english-russian terms
- •Английский язык
3 Answer the following questions:
1. In what way can users send messages from one network to another or to computers on the other side of the world?
2. What means are usually used to send messages over short and long distances?
3. What has coax largely been replaced by?
4. What are the world satellites used for?
5. In what way does the voice system operate?
6. What is the most advanced form of communication?
TEST 8
Match each word from column A (1-20) with its partner from column B (a-u) to make a computing term definition from Basic English for Computing Unit 12
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B |
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1 voicemail |
a) a storage area for spoken messages |
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2 video conference |
b) a form of communication over a network that uses video cameras so that the people taking part can see and hear each other |
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3 fibre-optic cable |
c) an installation for receiving and transmitting microwave signals |
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4 send |
d) an object which has been sent into space in order to collect information or to be part of a communications system. It moves continually round the earth or around another planet |
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5 transmit |
e) a switching device, that being under voltage loops and disconnects one or more electric circuits. It was widely used in early electromechanical computers |
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6 coax(ial) cable |
f) the process of sending a high frequency signal known as microwave |
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7 communications link |
g) a signal that can only have one of two values representing on or off |
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8 earth satellite station |
h) the process of sending a signal to, or receiving a signal from, a satellite orbiting the Earth |
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9 Far End |
j) a type of signal that can take any value between a maximum and minimum |
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10 microwave station |
k) a display screen feature that has a video picture displayed inside another video picture |
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11 microwave transmission |
l) the equipment at the closest end of a video conferencing system |
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12 P-I-P (picture-in-picture) |
m) the equipment at the remote end of a video conferencing system |
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13 Near End |
n) an installation on Earth used for sending and receiving signals to or from a satellite |
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14 earth-satellite transmission |
o) a connection between two points for transmitting and receiving signals |
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15 digital signal |
p) a type of shielded cable for carrying signals. It is often used with radio frequency and video signals |
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16 analogue signal |
q) cause something to pass on from one person or place to another by means of communication |
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17 relay |
r) take something to a particular destination or arrange something for the delivery, especially by post |
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18 earth satellite |
s) a cable made from strands of glass that is used for carrying information signals on a beam of light |
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19 video conferencing |
t) a meeting between people that are a long distance apart using cameras and display screens connected to a network to allow the people to see and hear each other |
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20 voice mailbox |
u) a system of communication that uses computers to store spoken messages |