1. Match words from the text with their definitions

1 Removable A. Something that can be put or placed in (some-

thing else).

2 Consumption B. Directed towards or concerning a particular per-

son or group. 3. Applicable C. The act of consuming.

4. Insertable D. Been able to be pulled or taken away.

5. Extractable E. Able to be taken away (from a place) taken to

another place.

2. Identify whether the following statements are true or false. Use the model:

1. Student A: The semiconductor memory card is used as a recording medium. — Student B: Yes, it is true.

2. S. A: SD cards are built-in. — S. B: No, it is false. These cards are hot-swappable, allowing the user to easily insert and remove them.

1. .A memory card is one of internal storage media of a personal computer and multifunction terminal electronic equipment.

2. A flash memory is a type of EPROM that can be erased and reprogrammed in blocks instead of one byte at a time.

3. A flash memory is a semiconductor memory maintaining stored information even when power is off.

4. Flash memory devices require regular refreshing.

5. Flash memory cards are designed only in one standard.

6. USB connector is constructed that the flash memory card is insertable and extractable to a mounting wiring board through the slot port.

3. Complete the following sentences using words and expressions given below.

1. Flash memory devices have achieved a commercial success in an electronic industry because they are ... to store data for a relatively long time.

2. T raditional film cameras have been widely ... by digital cameras capable of recording images that may be downloaded to and stored on personal computers.

3. A semiconductor memory card has an internalized non-volatile memory, which is accessed by a connected device, enabling the semiconductor memory card to be used as a recording ....

4. Many digital cameras are also capable of... short video clips in standard digital video formats.

5. The pictures recorded by digital cameras can easily be ... to common graphics file formats.

6. SD cards are hot-swappable, allowing the user to easily insert and remove SD cards without ... power.

cycling able medium converted replaced capturing

4. Answer the following questions

1. What is one of external storage media of a personal computer?

2. What enables the semiconductor memory card to be used as a recording medium?

3. What type of memory is flash memory?

4. What advantages do flash memory devices have comparing with other memory devices?

5. What conveniences does flash memory bring to information industries?

6. What standards of flash memory cards design are available?

7. What is a USB connector?

5. Read the text

The flash memory cards have the advantages of small size, large capacities, quick access and easy to install and carry. The use of nonvolatile memory systems such as flash memory storage systems is increasing due to the compact physical size of such memory systems, and the ability for non-volatile memory to be repetitively reprogrammed.

A major advantage of flash over ROM is that the memory contents of flash may be changed after the device is manufactured. The ability to repetitively reprogram non-volatile memory included in flash memory storage systems enables flash memory storage systems to be used and reused. Flash memory has found wide acceptance in many types of computers, including desktop computers, mobile phones and hand held computers. Flash memory is also widely used in digital cameras and portable digital music players.

The flash memory is divided into a NAND-type flash memory having a large memory capacity and a NOR-type flash memory having a high processing speed. The NAND-type flash memory, which attains high integration and has a replaceable hand disk, is mostly used to store high integration voices or images. Flash memory storage systems may include flash memory cards and flash memory chip sets. Flash memory chip sets generally include flash memory components and a controller component. A flash memory chip set may be arranged to be assembled into an embedded system. In the case of an MP3 player, a number of digitized audio files in the form of MP3 files are stored in a storage medium included in or coupled to the player in a fashion deemed most suitable to that user.