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- •Contents
- •Inside a component………………………………………….……...56
- •Theme 1. Doing a degree.
- •University of Birmingham Electronic and Computer Engineering Masters/mSc with Industrial Studies
- •International students
- •Theme 2. Most famous.
- •Gauss’s law
- •1. Introduction
- •2. Gauss's Law
- •Figure 1. Electric flux through surface area a.
- •Example 1: Field of point charge.
- •Figure 2. Electric field generated by point charge q.
- •Example 2: Problem 16
- •Figure 3. Problem 16.
- •3. Conductors in Electric Fields
- •Figure 4. Electric field of conductor.
- •Theme 3. Microprocessors.
- •25 Microchips that shook the world
- •Intersil icl8038 Waveform Generator (circa 1983*)
- •Ibm Deep Blue 2 Chess Chip (1997)
- •Intel 8088 Microprocessor (1979)
- •Xilinx xc2064 fpga (1985)
- •Microprocessors
- •Theme 4. Nanotechnology.
- •Nanotechnology
- •Huge Potential of nanotechnology in medicine
- •Theme 5. Inside a component.
- •Graphene tunnel barrier makes its debut
- •New Route to Electronics Inside Optical Fibers
- •Theme 6. Holography.
- •Check how many correct answers you can give.
- •Touchable hologram: is it real?
- •Holograms and Photographs
- •In an instant, however, view point of, whereas, in order to, no matter,
- •In addition, regardless of, unfortunately.
- •Theme 7. Operating systems.
- •Computer software or just software
- •Operating systems
- •Theme 8. Microprocessor concepts.
- •Microprocessor
- •Multicore designs
- •Theme 9. Robots.
- •Types of robots
- •Different Types of Robots
- •Industrial Robots
- •Theme 10. Network basics.
- •Network basics
- •All about Broadband/ics Routers
- •Notes to the text
- •Theme 11. Telecommunication network.
- •What is a telecommunications network?
- •Lan vs. Wan Comparison - Difference between lan and wan
- •Theme 12. The future of work. Lead-in
- •Gen y-ers bring their distinct style of communicating to the job
- •Specialized Reading
- •Working at home vs. The office: The face time faceoff
- •Listening
- •07.36 – 09.02
- •09.02 – 10.08
- •10.09 – 11.00
- •11.01 – 11.37
- •"No Silver Bullet"
- •Specialized Reading
- •Why is software engineering so hard?
- •9. The Size of Accidental
- •10. Obtaining the Increase
- •Listening
- •Speaking
- •Theme 14. Management.
- •Theme 15. E-commerce.
- •Theme 17. Banks.
- •How to … functions
- •Positive sentence
- •Negative sentence
- •Question
- •Infinitive.
- •4. How can you make it perfect?
- •10)Emulate excellent speakers (find their talks on the Internet or visit live talks).
- •Function 17. How to deal with Neologisms
- •6. Cловосложение:
- •Grammar minimums Grammar Minimum I Present Simple and Present Continuous
- •Grammar Minimum 2 Past Simple and Present Perfect
- •Edinburgh.
- •Grammar Minimum 3 Present Simple Passive and Past Simple Passive
- •Future Simple and “be going to”
- •Reported Speech
- •Grammar minimum 6 Conditional Sentences
- •English Tenses: Active Voice.
- •English Tenses: Passive Voice.
- •The list of Irregular Verbs
- •Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle Перевод
Notes to the text
ISP - Internet Service Provider
ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS - Internet Connection Sharing
NAT - Network Address Translation
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access
MAC address - Media Access Control address
WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
VPN - Virtual Private Network
Task 3. Match definitions with their terms ( from NOTES)
a method for connecting multiple computers in a LANto the Internet through a single connection and a singleIP address.
a security protocol for wireless local area networks (WLANs) defined in the802.11bstandard. It was designed to give wireless networks the equivalent level of privacy protection as a comparable wired network.
a family of technologies that provide Internet accessby transmittingdigitaldata over the wires of a localtelephone network.
It supports packetscontaining error, control, and informational messages.
a hardwareaddress that uniquely identifies eachnodeof anetwork.
It refers to a company that provides Internet services, including personal and business access to the Internet.
a Wi-Fistandardthat was designed to improve upon the security features ofWEP.
an Internetstandard that enables alocal-area network (LAN)to use one set ofIP addressesfor internal traffic and a second set of addresses for external traffic.
a protocolfor assigningdynamicIP addressesto devices on anetwork.
10)extends a private networkand the resources contained in the network across public networks like theInternet.
Task 4. Answer the questions to the text.
What is the task of the router?
For what do home users apply broadband routers?
Are all routers created equal? How can you define it is a router?
What are Internet connection sharing routers? How do they look? And what are their functions?
What are the differences and similarity between wireless broadband routers and wired routers?
What is the most expensive router you see in the table? Why does it have such price?
Task 5. Are the following sentences True (T )or False (F)?
To determine the best path for forwarding the data packets, router uses headersand forwarding tables.
ISP permits you to use a router and connect multiple computers to a single Internet connection and pay a nominal fee.
A cable modemcan be considered a router.
Internet connection sharing routers don’t provide users such features as an SPIfirewallor serve as aDHCPServer.
When a wireless network is set up you need to spend less time on monitoring and security than one would with a wired LAN.
Setting up the router and cabling in the computers is a bit more difficult than setting up the wireless network.
Task 6. Complete the tables with suitable words. Pay attention to the part of speech.
Noun Verb Noun Adjective
1. subscription 1) 1. reason 9)
2. 2) accomplish 2. 10) individual
3. comparison 3) 3. security 11)
4. 4) determine 4. 12) equal
5. choice 5) 5. invisibility 13)
6. 6) differ 6. 14) important
7. configuration 7) 7. virtuality 15)
8. 8) obtain 8. 16) typical
Task 7. Match up the words which have a similar meaning.
to realize a) manufacturer
to mention b) as distinct from
lack c) to get
to expect d) although
vendor e) absence
albeit f) to understand
as opposed to g) to suggest
to bear h) to spread out
to obtain i) to refer
to deploy j) to carry
Task 8. Write the words from the text to the following transcriptions.
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Recommended function
Read Function 6 “HOW TO define a thing…” and write full sentences with terms in task 3 (exercise below the text All about Broadband/ICS Routers) and 8 (exercise below the text Network Basics)
Listening
You are going to listen to ABC News about how NBN pricing speed bumps could slow digital development.
Task 1. Check the meaning of these words. Watch the video and underline the words that you hear.
warn (v) ration out (v) plain (adj)
undermine (v) charge (v) retail (n)
benefit (n) wholesale (n) tier (n)
former chief aim (n) facilitate (v)
consumer (n) recover cost artificially (adj)
capacity (n) replicate (v) limit (v)
reap (v) deliver (v) equal (adj)
reward (n) utility (n) sign (v)
encourage (v) waste (n) NBN
take-up (v) household (n) ADSL broadband
Task 2. Listen to the recording and match the phrases to make longer ones.
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Task 3. Answer the questions on the text.
What will NBN Co's pricing policy undermine?
What is the NBC Co’s pricing policy?
What high speed does the National Broadband Network promise?
NBN Co sells wholesale access to the internet service providers. How much is that access currently priced?
Why does John de ridder think NBN has got the wrong idea?
How much money could NBN waste if the pricing model encourages most households to take up the 12 megabits per second?
What does telecommunications analyst Paul Budde say about NBN’s policy on price and speed?
Is there a political need for the Government to limit speed to 12 megabits?
Task 4. Decode the part of the recording.
2.59 “Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde says….” – 4.18 “…..the minimum service can be lifted to 25”
Task 5. Listen to the recording again and write the words to their transcriptions.
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Speaking
Prepare a talk about one of the most remarkable router. Find information about when, who and where it was made; describe it and tell about its use and advantages over similar ones.
Writing
Read Function 5 “HOW TO describe a thing” and write about one of the devices which you deal with. Write about when, who, where it was made; describe it and tell about its use and advantages/disadvantages.