Компьютерная техника. Еремина Н.В. - 33 стр.

       B. a) to pack tightly into a small space; b) right of choosing (choice); c) to deal
successfully; d) an obstruction placed across a road to stop someone; e) to increase in
size; f) to delay; g) to give out a sudden bright light; h) to pull.

      6.2.3 Fill in the blanks with the information taken from the text or based on
your own knowledge or thinking




      1. The text concerns the problems of ... .
      2. Further improvements in the performance and speeds of computers are
achieved by means of ... .
      3."Scalar" processors in supercomputers are replaced by ... and ... ones.
      4."Vectorization" of calculations in high energy physics has improved the
performance by ... .
      5. A major drag on computer speeds is the problem of ... .
      6.This problem can be coped with by ... .
      7. Parallel processing is done by ... .
      8. Man-machine communication can be greatly simplified and speeded
up by ... .
         9. Graphic computers are very useful in solving ... .
       10. In a graphic computer the information is presented on ... and the
    scientist communicates with the computer by means of an ... .
      6.2.4 Think and say about



      a) the progress in increasing data processing;
     b) graphic computers as the most flexible means of communication between
man and machine.

6.3 Text II

      What is your idea of computers-translators? Is the problem feasible
today or not? Read the following passage and say whether the author is
optimistic or skeptical about it? Find the facts to prove your idea.

Computers-translators

      Foreign-language translation may prove to be just a bit more than computer
can handle. From the Tower of Babel (вавилонское столпотворение) on there have
been countless examples of man's inability to understand man. What hope is there