Computer in Use. Маркушевская Л.П - 51 стр.

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Berners-Lee's Web is what transformed the Net from academic back-water into the
global stream of fresh water it is today.
Tim Berners-Lee created the Web at the age of 32. At the same age Bill Gates
was on his way to his first billion. Like Gates, Berners-Lee was introduced to
computers while still a child - his parents were mathematicians. On graduating from
Oxford, he developed the first Web prototype in 1980 for his personal use.
Nowadays, he expects the Web to become a place where one could find any fact
about anything quickly and cheaply.
The Web let the Net be used in a logical way. It created a standard that
everybody could - and did - follow.
*a.k.a. - also known as
Notes:
awesome - впечатляющий
foremost – выдающийся, знаменитый (напр.: ученый, писатель)
think-tank – группа экспертов при правительстве или организации,
консультативный совет, мозговой центр
message destination – адресат
killer application - программа вне конкуренции
Academic Degrees:
B.S. (B.Sc.) - Bachelor of Science; a first university undergraduate degree.
M.S. (M.Sc.) - Master of Science; a first university graduate degree.
Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy; a high rank university degree granted for some
research.
COMPREHENSION CHECK
Exercise 1. Answer the questions.
1. What way out of the possible war danger was proposed?
2. How could you characterize the conventionalists and developers of the new tool of
communication?
Exercise 2.
• Summarize the information about the reasons that could possibly spark the
development of the Internet, according to the texts.
• Retell the story of Tim Berners-Lee as a WWW founder using the information
given above.
Exercise 3. Read the text and entitle it.
We know that the story of the World Wide Web started at CERN, Switzerland. That
was its birthplace. But what about the present day? We must mention the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, better known as MIT. Here the Web and its
founder Tim Berners-Lee currently reside. MIT collaborates with CERN and

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