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2. Comprehension check

2.1. Choose a term from this word web to complete the sentences below.

controller chip, the data, the access, logical blocks, disk drive

  1. The ……… determines available free space by listing sectors in a table of used and unused areas.

  2. The data is then passed to a chip on the circuit board that controls……. to the drive.

  3. A …….. is a peripheral device used to record and retrieve information.

  4. Disk is divided into ………..(collection of sectors).

  5. Once …….. is received onto the circuit board of the drive, it is translated and compressed.

2.2. Organize the following stages in the drive storing process into the correct order.

The drive stores data onto cylinders, heads and sectors. Once the data is received onto the circuit board of the drive, it is translated and compressed into a format that the individual drive can use to store onto the disk itself. The data is then passed to a chip on the circuit board that controls the access to the drive. The information is sent from the computer processor to the BIOS into a chip controlling the data transfer. This is then sent out to the hard drive via a multi-wire connector.

2.3. Read the text and identify these elements.

disk drive, logical blocks, controller chip, disk storage

2.4. Look at the text again and answer the questions:

  • Where is data recorded?

  • What is a disk drive used for?

  • What does the term ‘disk storage’ refer to nowadays?

  • How does reading from or writing to happen?

  • How has the disk capacity been improved?

  • Where does the drive store data?

  • Where is the information sent from the computer processor?

  • What happens when the data is received onto the circuit board of the drive?

  • What does the controller chip determine?

  • What happens if a problem occurs with a hard drive?

3. Language work

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Conditionals

Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are three types of Conditional Sentences.

Conditional Sentence Type 1

It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.

if + Simple Present, will-Future

If I find her address, I’ll send her an invitation.

Conditional Sentence Type 2

It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.

if + Simple Past, Conditional I (= would + Infinitive)

If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.

Conditional Sentence Type 3

It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.

if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle)

If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation