29.1 1 Cellular phone

2. cells

3. base stations

4. coverage

5. range

6. roaming

Cambridge International Corpus 5

Professional English in Use 5

The right-hand page 6

‘You and computers' activities 6

Cartoons 6

How should I use this book? 6

Don't forget! 6

Learning vocabulary: tips and techniques 8

Guessing meaning from context 8

Organizing vocabulary 8

Using a dictionary 8

Living with computers 12

Computers: friend ... 12

or foe? 12

do on the computer 12

Parts of a computer 12

Functions of a PC: input, processing, output, storage 12

From mainframes to wearable computers 16

The keyboard 16

The mouse 16

Voice input 16

Input devices: the eyes of your PC 20

Scanners 20

Digital cameras 20

Output devices: printers 20

Technical details 20

Types of printers 20

Output devices: display screens 22

CRTs and LCDs 22

Big screens: plasma and projection TVs 22

Processing 25

9 Disks and drives 28

Magnetic storage 28

■ш Health and safety 31

Computer ergonomics 31

Electronic rubbish 31

The risks of using mobiles and in-car computers 31

Operating systems and the GUI 34

Types of software; the operating system (OS) 34

The Graphical User Interface 34

System utilities 35

Word processing features 32

Word processing 32

Spreadsheets and databases 34

Spreadsheet basics 34

Parts of a database 34

Graphics and design 36

Types of graphics software 36

Multimedia 38

A multimedia system 38

Recognizing file formats 38

Applications 38

Sound and music 40

Audio files on the Web 40

Digital audio players 40

Other audio applications 40

Programming 42

Programming languages 42

Steps in writing a program 42

Computers and work 44

Jobs in computing 44

Computers and jobs: new ways, new profiles 44

ICT systems 48

LANs (Local Area Networks) 50

Network topology 50

What an email is 54

Anatomy of an email 54

Spam 54

Mailing lists and newsgroups 54

The World Wide Web 56

What you can do on the Web AmE: favorites 56

Web design 61

Basic elements 61

Video, animations and sound 61

Chatting and video conferencing 63

шш Internet security 65

ШЛА E-commerce 67

^ 'r-n 63

J J 63

Online banking 64

ят Mobile phones 68

Robots, androids, Al 68

ED Intelligent homes 72

Future trends 72

KJ Suffixes 78

Compounds 80

■ста Collocations 82

«и Defining and classifying 84

ЕШ Qualifying and comparing 87

реи Describing technical processes 90

Troubleshooting 90

Answer key 92