Английский язык для студентов технического вуза: Средства массовой информации. Мир продвинутых технологий. Ковалева Ю.Ю - 37 стр.

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4_____________________________
Electronic encyclopaedias integrate text, pictures and sound, and usually
have a video section with a full motion video window. The Compton's
Encyclopaedia enables you to read about whales, look at photos of whales, listen
to whale songs and view an animated sequence showing whale movements
through the ocean. Similarly, the Grolier Encyclopaedia lets you read about birds,
view pictures of birds, and listen to recordings of their songs.
Other CD-ROMs include dictionaries, guides and courses about history,
science, the human body, cinema, literature, foreign languages, etc. For example,
Cinemania from Microsoft has information on thousands of films and photographs,
reviews, biographies and dialogues from films.
LISTENING
2 Listen to a short lecture given by John Griffiths, an expert on
computer systems. His lecture can be divided into several parts. Number
the parts in the order they follow on the record. One item needn’t be used.
A Apple computers _____________
B Minicomputers _____________
C Mainframes _____________
D PC types _____________
E Microcomputers _____________
3 Listen again and complete the sentences with the speaker’s words.
1 Digital computers can be divided into three main types, depending on their
____________________________________
2 The basic configuration of mainframe consists of a central system which
processes immense _______________________________ very quickly.
3 Typical applications include academic computing, software engineering and
__________________________________ in which many users share resources.
4 'Microcomputers' are smaller than mainframes and minis, and carry out their
_______________________________________.
5 These are the smallest and the least powerful computers, but the latest
models can ___________________ and can have similar configurations.
(Santiago Remacha Esteras. Infotech English for computer users. // Cambridge University Press.
1999 p. 21)
4 Write a summary of the lecture in about 100 words.

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