Computer in Use. Маркушевская Л.П - 43 стр.

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Exercise 2. Look at the two similar sentences. Which one is true? What makes the
second sentence false?
1. The Internet of today was
conceived as a military
communication tool.
1. The Internet of today was conceived as a
civil communication tool.
2. In the early 1980s Usenet
connections were established to
several European countries as
well as to Australia.
2. In the early 1980s Usenet connections
were established to all European countries.
3. The first network computer
was not successful.
3. The first network computer was an
immediate success.
Exercise 3. Find synonyms to the underlined words in the dictionary.
1. Despite the risk high payoff
of the project was obvious.
2. New work-groups initiated
short-term advances in computer hardware and
software.
3. In the mid 20
th
century cybernetics was a recently formed science.
4. The Internet developers understood
that the machines needed greater capability to
interact with each other.
5. Due to the Web, users could look through
information from everywhere.
6. One could say that protocols became a kind of language common
to the connected
computers users.
7. We have made every possible effort to reconcile
their opinions.
8. The scientific discoveries of the early 20
th
century influenced the development of
our civilization.
9. It's not exciting to do a routine
work.
10. The creation of NSFNET made scientific information at the disposal of the
researchers from universities.
11. The developments of two university students promoted
very much the formation
of different discussion groups.
LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
Exercise 1. Remember the meaning of the underlined terms.
1. A protocol
defines how computers communicate.
2. Packet-switching
is the process of sending packets (the basic unit of Internet data)
through the network.
3. Lingua franca
may be considered as a special language used between people
whose native languages are different.
4. Usenet
is short for User Network which is defined as a network accessible via
Internet and which is the home for thousands of users.

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