The 29th of April.. Computer Technology.. Task 1. Read and translate the text (устно), write new words.. The use of computers. Vocabulary. Написать слова

The 29th of April.

Computer Technology.

Task 1. Read and translate the text (устно), write new words.

The use of computers

Just as television has extended human sight across the barriers of time and distance, so the computers extend the power of the human mind across the existing barriers.

They save a lot of time. They seldom make mistakes. It’s much faster and easier to surf the Internet than to go to the library.

In the last 10 years or so, most large businesses have become completely depended on computers for storing and looking an information, for writing and calculating financial and mathematical information.

Computers within a single office or building may be connected, and they there for form a network. Users of computers on a network can send messages to each other utilizing the same collections of data or information. In many offices and organizations computer message have replaced messages written on paper, and they are now called e-mail or electronic mail.

E-mail is a great invention, too. It’s faster than sending a letter and cheaper than sending a telegram.

E-mail saves paper and the work of moving paper from one place to another. Workers can send and receive e-mail without leaving their desks and their desktop computers. But computers have some disadvantages. Computers can get viruses. Sometimes the wrong people can make use of the information available in the wrong way. Computers become out of date very quickly, they need to be replaced.

Vocabulary. Написать слова

electronic device — электронное устройство

to receive — получать, принимать

set of instructions — набор/свод инструкций

to carry out — выполнять

society — общество

storage — хранение

handling — обработка

transaction — операция

to enhance — повышать, увеличивать

essential — существенный

tool — инструмент, орудие

network — сеть

source — источник

analog — аналоговый

digital — цифровой

ability — способность, возможность

to determine — определять

voltage — напряжение

discrete operation — дискретное действие

to perform — выполнять, осуществлять

defense — оборона, защита

to attain — достигать

amount of data — объем данных

except — за исключением, кроме

processing unit — вычислительное устройство

Task 2. Give the English equivalents for (найти английские эквиваленты):

Расширять способности человеческого мозга, существующие барьеры, экономить время, делать ошибки, полностью зависит от компьютера, просматривать информацию, посылать сообщения, заменять сообщения, великое изобретение, не покидая своего места, посылать и получать электронную почту, использовать информацию неправильно, устаревать, нуждаться в замене.

Task 3. Answer the questions (ответить на вопросы):

1. What advantages of computer do you know?

2. Why have most large businesses become completely depended on computers?

3. How do we use the e-mail?

4. What disadvantages of computers do you know?