Компьютерная техника. Еремина Н.В. - 7 стр.

size and reliability were such that a large number of support personnel were needed to
keep the equipment operating. This has all changed now that computing power has
become portable, more compact and cheaper.
      1.4 Exercises

      1.4.1 Give definitions for the following. Use the definition formulae
      (consult Text 1)
     Digital computer, processing, output, CPU, storage device.

      1.4.2 Which statements best express the main idea of the text?

     1. Computers have changed the world in which we live.
     2. All computers have an input, a processor, an output and a storage device.
     3. Computers have decreased man's workload.
     4. All computers have the same basic hardware components.
     5. The information presented to the machine is the input.

      1.4.3 Find the passages in the text where the following ideas are expressed


     1. All computers are basically the same.
     2. Then arithmetic and/or decision-making operations are performed.
     3. All the equipment used in a computer system is the hardware.
     4. Computers are electronic machines used for processing data.
     5. If programs or data need to be kept for a long time, they are stored on tapes or
     disks.
     6. First the computer accepts data.
     7. Finally, new information is presented to the user.



List of words and word-combinations for Unit 1

Text 1

      1. spectacular development              захватывающее событие
      2. long sequence                        последовательный ряд
      3. reasoning operation                  логическая операция
      4. vast reliability                     большая надежность
      5. as а consequence                      вследствие
      6. at the service of                    к услугам
      7. thinking and memory                   мышление и память
      8. to accept information                принимать информацию