Contents

Module I. Information Technology in Modern Society ______3

Text 1. Convergence in IT and Telecoms ___________________3

Text 2. Different Views on Information Technology __________4

Module II. My speciality_______________________________5

Text 1. Computer Science _______________________________5

Text 2. Information Technology __________________________7

Text 3. Information Management _________________________8

Module III. A Brief History of Computers ________________9

Text 1. The First Steps__________________________________9

Text 2. Further Development____________________________11

Text 3. Some First Computer Models _____________________12

Text 4. Four Generations of Computers____________________13

Text 5. Netbooks _____________________________________14

Text 6. Different Types of Computers_____________________16

Module IV. Programming Computer Language_____________

and Programs_______________________________________17

Text 1. Programming__________________________________17

Text 2. Programming Language _________________________19

Text 3. Computer Programs_____________________________21

Text 4. Computers Under Attack_________________________22

Module V. Different Faces of the Internet________________23

Text 1.The Wild World of the Internet ____________________23

Text 2. Electronic mail ________________________________25

Text 3. Phishing______________________________________27

Text 4. A New Spam Campaign Against Financial Transfer

Systems ____________________________________________28

Module VI. New Technologies and Search Systems________29

Text 1. The World Wide Web Service and HTTP____________29

Text 2. The Opera browser______________________________30

Text 3. Cloud Computing_______________________________32

Text 4. Planet-scale Grid _______________________________33

Text 5. Keyloggers____________________________________34

Module VII. Networks________________________________36

Text 1. A Brief History of Local Area Nets (LANs)__________36

Text 2. Types of Physical Configuration for LANs___________37

Text 3. Benefits of Wireless Technology___________________39

Text 4. Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access ____40

Module VIII. Application of Information Technology______42

Text 1. System Integration Service in Russia _______________42

Text 2. Information Technology in Railway Stations _________43

Module IX. Ecology and Computer _____________________44

Text 1. Recycling - Reverse Engineering___________________44

Text 2. Green IT______________________________________46

Vocabulary _________________________________________48