Computer in Use. Маркушевская Л.П - 52 стр.

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European INRA to develop the Web Project. Much research is being carried out and
supervised from the Laboratory for Computer Science at MIT.
Find some extra information of your own concerning Internet-related research of
today.
LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
Exercise 1. Paraphrase the underlined expressions and words.
1. The problem was how the army could communicate around the zones involved
into the nuclear war events.
2. Bill Gates and Paul Allen are controlling
the Microsoft Corporation with more
than 18.000 employees and 48 companies.
3. Information goes to its destination
by whatever route is available passing through
many other computers on the way.
4. These two projects are so highly technical that they are completely
incomprehensible to those who are not foremost scientists.
5. A special team experienced in the field of new technologies
was consulting the
government.
6. Tim Berners-Lee was introduced to computers while a child
.
7. This engineer’s current interests include
multimedia conferencing, electronic mail,
very large networks and very high speed communications.
8. The Microsoft Network was intended as a pay-as-you-go
online services.
TEXT 4
WORD-STUDY
Exercise 1. Check the transcription in the dictionary and read the words listed
below:
Nouns
term, surface, portion, brightness, hue, tablet, digitizer, raster, pattern, portion
Verbs
coat, energize, determine, supplant
Adjectives
pictorial, various, typical
Exercise 2. Read and translate the collocations:
animated motion pictures, energized by the electron beam, resulting image, pressure
sensitive tablet, preexisting images on the paper, pattern-recognition device,
architectural drafting, widespread use, raster graphics.

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