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VI. Arrange in pairs the words with a) similar meaning, b) contrary meaning:

а) to refer, performed, various, to control, done, to manage, to be related to.

b) inconsistent, transmitted, consistent, received, low-level, heated, high-level, cooled.

VII. Match each English word with the correct Russian equivalent:

  1. to calculate

calculations

calculated

calculating

  1. to program

programming

programmer

programmed

вычислять

программировать

вычисления

программирующий

вычисленный

программист

вычисляющий

запрограммированный

VIII. Match the words from the left column with their definitions:

1) acronym

a) a series of operations on data, esp. by a computer

2) specify

3) compile

b) able to be transferred from one machine or system to another

4) data processing

c) a collection of programs with related functionality

5) portable

d) identify clearly and definitely

6) package

e) a word formed from the initial letters of other words

f) interpret into machine code

IX. Study the following words and choose:

  1. nouns

  1. specification, specify, specific, specified, specifically

  2. require, required, requirement

  3. link, linkage, linked, linker, linking

  1. verbs

  1. compilation, compiler, compile, compiled

  2. process, processing, procession, processed

  3. convert, converted, convertibility, converter

  1. adjectives

  1. compatible, compatibility, compatibly

  2. operation, operate, operating, operated

  3. payable, payment, pay, paid

X. Choose an appropriate word and fill in the sentences:

a) instruction, instruct, instructed, instructor

    1. Our maths ___ explained to us the principles of binary arithmetic.

    2. We were ___ to document our programs very carefully.

    3. Both ___ and data have to be changed to machine code before the computer can operate on them.

b) compilation, compiler, compile, compiled

    1. Our university computer doesn’t have a PASCAL ___.

    2. Usually, a programmer ___ his program before he puts in the data.

    3. A source program can’t be directly processed by the computer until it has been ___.

3. Result, results, resulting

    1. The linkage editor links systems routines to the object module. The ___ program, referred to as the load module, is directly executable by the computer.

    2. The ___ of these mathematical operations were obtained from the university mainframe and not from my micro.

4. Specification, specify, specific, specified, specifically

    1. Our company three packages with very ___ applications: payroll, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.

    2. An applications program is designed to do a ___ type of work, such as calculating the stress factor of a roof.

    3. Did the analyst give the new programmer the ___ necessary to start on the project?

XI. Look through the text and try to comprehend its content. Programs and Programming Languages

1. Computers can deal with different kinds of problems if they are given the right instructions for what to do. Instructions are first written in one of the high-level programming languages, depending on the type of problem to be solved. A program written in one of these languages is often called a source program, and it can’t be directly processed by the computer until it has been compiled, which means interpreted into machine code. Here is a brief description of some of the many high-level languages:

2. FORTRAN acronym for FORmula TRANslation. This language is used for solving scientific and mathematical problems. It consists of algebraic formulae and English phrases. It was first introduced in the US in 1954.

COBOL acronym for COmmon Business-Oriented Language. This language is used for commercial purpose. COBOL, which is written using English statements, deals with problems that do not involve a lot of mathematical calculations. It was first introduced in 1959.

ALGOL acronym for ALGOrithmic Language. Originally called IAL, which means International Algebraic Language. It is used for mathematical and scientific purposes. ALGOL was first introduced in Europe in 1960.

PL/1 Programming Language 1. Developed in 1964 to combine features of COBOL and ALGOL. Consequently, it is used for data processing as well as scientific applications.

BASIC acronym for Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Developed in 1965 at Dartmouth College in the United States for use by students who require a simple language to begin programming.

C was developed in the 1970s to support the UNIX operating system. C is a highly portable general-purpose language.

3. When a program written in one of these high-level languages is designed to do a specific type of work, it is called an applications program.

4. The program produced after the source program has been converted into machine code is referred to as an object program or object module. This is done by a computer program called the compiler, which is unique for each computer.

5. The compiler is a systems program which may be written in any language, but the computer’s operating system is a true systems program which controls the central processing unit, the input, the output, and the secondary memory devices. Another systems program is the linkage editor, which fetches required systems routines and links them to the object module. The resulting program is then called the load module, which is the program directly executable by the computer. Systems programs being the part of the software, they are usually provided by the manufacturer of the machine.