- •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
Ex.5 Translate into English:
поддерживать безопасность
мера безопасности
получать ответы
сохранить изменения в документах
доступные ресурсы
сетевое окружение
корзина
просматривать web страницы
панель задач
путь
Ex.6 Say a few words about:
My Computer, Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, Recycle Bin, My Briefcase, Inbox, Start Button.
Revision (sructure)
Ex.7 a) Read and memorize the following words and word-definitions:
destination [ˏdestı´neıʃn] – место назначения, адресат, пункт назначения
broadcast [´brɔ:dka:st] message [´mesıʤ] – широковещательное сообщение, сообщение оповещение (broadcast – широковещательная передача; транслирование; пересылка, ретрансляция; пересылать, транслировать)
(to) truncate [trʌn´keıt] – сокращать, урезать
log file – файл регистрации
remote boot – удаленная загрузка
(to) mirror [´mırƏ] – отображать, зеркально отображать, дублировать
UPS service (Uninterruptable [´ʌnˏıntƏ´rʌptƏbl] Power [´pauƏ] Supply service) – служба\сервис обслуживания\обеспечения бесперебойного электропитания
(to) split (split, split) [splıt] – разделять, раскалывать, расщеплять
b) Read and define the structure of the sentences according to the above given patterns:
A valid password was not entered.
You typed an invalid password.
Invalid destination file.
The broadcast message was truncated.
The broadcast message was too long.
This shared resource does not exist.
The log file is too large.
The log file is damaged.
An unrecoverable error.
A password mismatch was detected.
This warning was generated by the loader.
Remote boot will be restarted later.
The drive is not mirrored.
Remote boot component.
Choose a different name for the profile.
Reboot the computer.
The server was unable to allocate more memory.
Split the group into two or more smaller groups.
Power failure detected.
The server had a power failure.
The UPS service performed server shutdown.
The specified program file wasn't found.
The permissions for this group will be ignored, and the rest of the permissions will be set.
Dynamically loaded protocols.
A protocol is required to complete the command.
c) Group the following sentences according to the model:
a) the Passive Voice, b) the Active Voice, c) to be +adj., d) phrases, e) the Imperative sentences.
Lesson 14
Text A. Filename Extensions.
Text B. CONFIG.SYS Commands.
Ex. 1Read and memorize the following words:
header [´hædƏ] – заголовок
resolution [rezƏ´lu:ʃn] – разрешение
rectangle [´rekˏtæŋɡl] – прямоугольник
array [Ə´reı] – массив
entry [´entrı] – элемент, единица данных, вход
routine [ru(:)´ti:n] - программа
otherwise [´ʌðƏwaız] – иначе, в противном случае
preference [´prefƏrƏns] - предпочтение
relationship [rı´leıʃnʃıp] – отношение
Ex.2 Read and translate into Russian. Choose the right variant :
.RTF, .COM, .EXE, .BMP, .INI
A file that contains a collection of structures that specify or contain the following elements:
a) a header that describes the resolution of the device on which the rectangle of pixels was created, the dimensions of the rectangle, the size of the array of bits, and so on; b) a logical palette; c) an array of bits that defines the relationship between pixels in the bitmapped image and entries in the logical palette.
An executable binary (program) file whose code is limited to a single 64-kilobyte segment. Compact executable files usually have this filename extension and are often used for utility programs and short routines.
A program file created from one or more source code files translated into machine code and linked together. The MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows NT operating systems use this filename extension to indicate that the file is a runnable program.
A file that contains encoded, formatted text and graphics for easy transfer between applications. This format is used by document-processing programs such as Microsoft Word for Windows and for generating online Help files.
In Windows, a file that an application uses to store information that otherwise would be lost when the application closes. These files typically contain information such as user preferences for the configuration of the application.
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