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stored on magnetic disks, compact disks or tapes. 4) I turned the volume right up, but there was still
no sound. 5) Few people know that the first programmer in the world was Lord Byron’s daughter.
6) Great volumes of information are processed by means of modern electronic computers. 7) Up-
to-date calculating machines perform adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing very quickly.
8) Moving the mouse on the surface of the table we control the movement of the cursor on the
screen. 9) The first-generation computers were very large and consumed enormous quantity of
electrical power. 10) The automatic engine driver is a small computer with transducers. All the necessary
data of train operation – distance, time of covering each section of the route, speed limits, etc. are
programmed and fed into the computer’s memory. 11) I think the microphone or the recording
mechanism is broken. 12) An icon is a small picture representing an object, process or function.
13) The new computer virus quickly spread worldwide. 14) Input signal comes from antenna.
Ex.5. Read the following sentences replacing the Russian words by their English
equivalents. Be careful with Grammar.
1) He [записывать] the speech on his pocket tape-recorder. 2) I suspect there is [ошибка] in the
software here. 3) The first time I played the [магнитофон], it “ate” the tape. 4) While [количество]
of electronic computers is constantly [увеличивать], they are not [использовать] to full capacity
because there is no adequate [программное обеспечение]. 5) [Огромный] amount of money was
spent for this [исследование] but the scientists failed to [достигать] the required result. 6) The
software for a computer system is often [дороже] than [машинное обеспечение]. 7) A modern
computer comprises two [основной] parts – the hardware and the software. 8) You can move the
pointer on [экран] with the help of the mouse. 9) You can type letters and other characters using this
[клавиатура]. 10) He tried to [вычислять] how much he had spent on gasoline. 11) [Память] is
the nerve centre of the computer, the section in which initial data, intermediate and final results
[хранить]. 12) [Дистанционное управление] is a system for controlling machinery from a
distance by radio signals. 13) The first computer weighed 30 tons and [занимать] 1,500 square feet
of floor space. 14) The news [распространяться] quickly over the village.
Ex.6. Cross out one word that does not have the same meaning as the other words.
1) The hardware [includes; copies; consists of; comprises] a computer and all its peripherals
such as the monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, etc.
2) The hardest work in mines is now [performed; fulfilled; recorded; implemented; carried out]
by robots.
3) Most phones now have memories for [accessing; storing; keeping] frequently used numbers.
4) Many countries have cable TV, a system [using; spreading; employing; applying] wires for
transmitting TV programs.
5) A video phone has a device, which [allows; displays; permits; enables] us to see a room and
the face of the person speaking.
6) Howard Aiken [stored; designed; developed] a number of automatic machines to solve
differential equations.
7) The first electronic computers were like very large furnaces, consuming [enormous; basic;
giant; huge] quantities of electrical power.
8) Сomputers can do many things that people do, but [faster; slower; swifter; quicker] and better.
They [can; should; are able to] control trains or machines at factories, work out tomorrow's weather
forecast and even play chess, write poetry or compose music.
9) The preparation of computer [software; peripherals; programs] takes up as much, if not more
time as the actual [production; manufacture; download] of the hardware and is by no means easier.
10) The research didn’t give the expected results because of the [drawback; error; blunder;

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