Exercises

I. Find in the text adjectives which are used with the following nouns. Translate the word combinations.

Number, problem, way, types, information, access, reason, type, memory, pattern.

II. Fill in the gaps with the appropriative words.

1. The of the data may be stored on backing storage.

2. RAM is access memory.

3. Management high-quality work.

4. RAM memory is of the type.

5. ROM retains the in it even without power.

6. In the case they are referred to as programmable ROMs.

7. The BIOS controls the computer's .

8. The role of the ROM-BIOS is to the fundamental services for

the computer.

9. This device works on .

10. The of electric circuit is high.

Words: latter, information, requires, bulk, provide, clarge, volatile, random, peripheral devices, semiconductors,

3. Find the passive constructions in the 4th and 5"' paragraphs and put them into past and future forms.

4. Give the main idea of the text in one sentence.

V. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

Then make the necessary changes so that the false statements become true.

1. RAM contents are fixed.

2. ROMs, which are volatile, must have the instruction.

3. A large number of registers write instructions required to solve a particular problem.

4. There are two basic types of memory, namely read/write memory and read only memory'.

5. RAM memory and ROM memory are of the volatile type.

6. The BIOS is die part of RAM that is in active use, all the time the computer is at work.

7. The BIOS communicates with the computer's hardware devices, using whatever detailed command codes each device driver requires.

8. We are referring BIOS to the device control programs.

VI. Translate from Ukrainian into English.

1. Пам'ять з оперативним доступом і читанням визначається як пам'ять випадкового доступу.

2. Є два основних види пам'яті: оперативна і тільки постійна зчитуюча пам'ять.

3. Оперативна пам'ять є там'ятю нестійкого типу.

4. ROM(nocTiima) зберігає: інформацію навіть без енергії,

5. Роль БГОСа(базова система введення/виведення) забезпечувати сервіс, який необхідний комп'ютерові для роботи.

6. Internet Word List

1. available [a'veilabl] доступний

2. to embrace fim'breis] охоплювати, включати

3. path [pa: 9J стежка, шлях

4. packet switching ['pairitj комутація пакетів

5. to knock out [' nok aut] вибивати, вивести з ладу

6. host computer [housfj головна ЕОМ

7. telnet [telnet] телемережа

8. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) протокол передачі файлів

9. actually ['aektjuoli] фактично, насправді

10. drastically [drasstikoli] тут значно

11. refined [ri'faindj вдосконалений

12. to remain [ri'mein] залишатися

13. 

    destination [desti'neijcm] пункт призначення, адресат

14. to intercept [into'sept] перехоплювати

15. i.e. id est (від лат.) тобто

16. fairly [Тєзіі] досить

17. a router [ru:ta] маршрутизатор

18. to encode [in'kaudj шифрувати

19. computer-aided-design автоматизоване проектування

20. Gopher одна з груп новин в Usenet

розроблена в штаті Мічиган

21. Usenet система телеконференції Інтернет

22. Telnet базова мережева послуга

Exercises І. Study this diagram of the Internet. With its help, match these definitions to the correct item on the diagram.

1. a device which selects the best route to send data from one network to another

1. a specialist computer which provides a service to a network

2. a company which provides Internet access

3. a large multi-user computer for processing very large amounts of data

4. computers connected together to share hardware and software