- •Part II Texts for Supplementary Reading
- •Предисловие
- •The main parts of the computer
- •Using a mouse
- •Lesson 2
- •Word-building (словообразование) (1)
- •K eyboard
- •Windows program keyboard shortcuts
- •Lesson 3
- •Buses and interfaces
- •Word-building (2)
- •Lesson 4
- •Structure (phrases)
- •A) “hardware”
- •B) “data”
- •Lesson 5
- •What is a microprocessor?
- •Pentium, pentium pro, pentium II and pentium III
- •Lesson 6
- •Word-building (3)
- •Lesson 7
- •General dram concepts
- •Structure ( 2)
- •Lesson 8
- •Storage media
- •Word-building (4)
- •Incompatible, unrecoverable, unavailable, unusable, unsuitable, non-removable, non-contiguous, non-volatile.
- •Structure (3)
- •Lesson 9
- •«Ware» terms
- •Software, hardware, freeware, shareware, firmware;
- •Section II. Software lesson 10
- •Structure (4) Ex.2 a) Read the sentences and analyze their structure:
- •Programming language generations
- •Lesson 11
- •Word-building (5)
- •What is object-oriented software?
- •Inheritance
- •Object-oriented languages
- •Lesson 12
- •General operating system concepts
- •Wysiwyg – structure (5)
- •Imperative sentences (commands and instructions) :
- •Starting and quitting windows nt
- •2.Using the desktop
- •Ex.5 Translate into English:
- •Ex.6 Say a few words about:
- •Revision (sructure)
- •Lesson 14
- •Ex.3 Translate into English:
- •Config.Sys commands
- •Ex.6 Agree or disagree:
- •Lesson 15
- •Ex.1 Translate the following technologies into Russian:
- •Ex.2 a) Read and translate into Russian:
- •Ex.5 Read and translate into Russian: operating system overview
- •Operating systems and file systems
- •Lesson 16
- •General database concepts
- •Ex.4 Choose the right synonym to the word ‘query’: a) requirement; b) retrieval; c) request.
- •Section III. Networking lesson 17
- •What is a network?
- •How are networks categorized?
- •How does p2p work?
- •Information transmission media
- •Lesson 18
- •Computing network components
- •Ex.10 Read and translate into Russian:
- •Ex.11 Translate into English:
- •Lesson 19
- •The internet
- •Internet protocols
- •Surfing The Net. By Shirley.
- •Lesson 20
- •Basic security and licensing terms
- •How bytes and bits work
- •System case
- •How pci works
- •Motherboard and system devices
- •Graphics adapter
- •How it works
- •System cache
- •Ethernet
- •Traditional ethernet
- •Fast ethernet
- •Gigabit ethernet
- •How a computer virus works
- •General virus types
- •All maliicous codes aren’t viruses
- •Intel software license agreement (Final, Single User) (abstract)
- •Glossary
- •Defragment
- •Device Driver
- •Formatting
- •Operating system
- •Plug-n-Play
- •Program
- •Vesa Local Bus
- •Virtual Memory
- •It Crossword Puzzle
- •Answer keys
- •It Crossword Puzzle
- •English-russian vocabulary англо-русский словарь о пользовании словарем
- •The English Alphabet
- •List of acronyms and abbreviations
- •1. Terms used in computer field
- •2. Basic abbreviations used in scientific field
- •3.Irregular verbs
- •Bibliography Основная литература
- •Справочная литература
The main parts of the computer
Ex.1 Read and memorize the following computer terms:
hardware [´ha:dwεƏ] – аппаратная часть, аппаратное обеспечение
software [´sɔftwεƏ] – программное обеспечение
mainboard [´meınbɔ:d], motherboard [´mʌðƏbɔ:d] – материнская плата
hard [ha:d] disk – жесткий диск
floppy [´flɔpı] - гибкий
floppy disk, diskette [dıs´ket] – гибкий диск, дискета
display [dıs´pleı] – дисплей, показывать
monitor [´mɔnıtƏ] – монитор
printer [´prıntƏ] – принтер
key [ki:] - клавиша
keyboard [´ki:bɔ:d] – клавиатура
mouse [maus] – мышь
port [p ɔ:t] – порт
drive [draıv] – диск, дисковод, устройство
driver [´draıvƏ] – драйвер
disk drive – дисковод, диск
device [dı´vaıs] – устройство
medium [´mi:djƏm] – среда, носитель (pl.-media)
(to) store [stɔ:] – содержать, хранить
storage [´stɔ:rıʤ] – область хранения, память
storage medium – носитель данных (информации)
screen [skri:n] – экран
cursor [´kƏ:sƏ] – курсор
speaker [´spi:kƏ] – громкоговоритель
case [keıs] – блок, устройство, регистр
system case – системный блок
current [´kʌrƏnt] – текущий
circular [´sƏ:kjulƏ] – круглый, циклический
platter [´plætƏ] – диск
flexible [´fleksƏbl] – гибкий
letter [´letƏ] – буква, письмо
protective [prƏ´tektıv] – защитный
protective jacket - защитный конверт
Ex.2 Read and translate the following information:
Hardware is the physical, electronic and mechanical components of a computer system, e.g. a screen, disk drive, printer, processor and so on. (и так далее)
C ursor is a symbol that indicates the current position on the screen.
Device is the identifier of a disk, printer, or other unit physically connected to your Personal Computer.
Disk is 1) the general term for any circular platter that can store computer information. 2) a magnetic storage medium such as a hard disk or diskette.
Disk drive is a physical device that reads from or writes to disks. Disk drives are given letters, typically A: for the first floppy disk drive, B: for the second floppy disk drive, C: for the first hard disk drive, D: for the second hard disk drive, and so on.
Diskette is a thin flexible disk in a protective jacket. Diskettes come in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. Your computer uses 3.5-inches diskettes.
(Note: 1 inch=2.54 cm)
Ex.3 a) Memorize:
density [´densıtı] – плотность
double [dʌbl] - двойной
high [haı] – высокий
single [sınŋɡl] - одинарный
b) Translate:
Double-density diskette is a 3.5-inch diskette that can hold up to 720 KB of information.
High-density diskette is a 3.5-inch diskette that holds 1.44 MB of data.
Ex. 4 Translate into English:
Клавиша, клавиатура, экран, курсор, дисковод, текущий, символ, содержать/хранить, среда/носитель, мышь,плотность,
персональный компьютер, физическое устройство, считывать, записывать, гибкий диск, аппаратная часть, жесткий диск.
Ex. 5 Give your own short English definition of some computer term (the examples are given above).
Ex. 6 Read and memorize the following words:
point [p ɔınt] – точка, указывать
pointer [´p ɔıntƏ] – указатель
(to) perform [pƏ´fɔ:m] – выполнять
item [´aıtem] – элемент, пункт, объект
flat [flæt] – плоский, ровный
surface [´sƏ:fıs] – поверхность
shortcut [´ʃɔ:tkʌt] – ярлык
shortcut menu – оперативное меню
(to) press [pres] - нажимать
(to) release [rı´li:s] – освобождать, отпускать, выпускать
location [lƏ(u) ´keıʃ(Ə)n] – место, местоположение, нахождение
Ex.7 a) Read and translate the following information about the usage of a mouse: