English for Masters. Маркушевская Л.П - 25 стр.

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specified source node, and end at some other specified destination node. It would
wind its way through the network on an individual basis. The route that the packet
took would be unimportant. Only reaching its final destination would count.
Basically, the packet would be tossed like a hot potato from node to node, until it
ended up in the proper place. If big pieces of the network had been blown away, that
simply wouldn't matter.
7. The ARPA's original software for communication was known as NCP, 'Network
Control Protocol', but as time passed and the technique advanced, NCP was
superceded by a higher-level, more sophisticated standard known as TCP/IP. This
software converted messages into streams of packets at the source, then reassembled
them back into messages at the destination.
Notes:
• vulnerable - уязвимый; ранимый
• thoroughly - полностью, вполне, тщательно
• tatters - клочья, лохмотья
• missile - реактивный снаряд; ракета
• broadcasting - радиовещание, трансляция; радиопередача
• grim - жестокий, беспощадный, грозный, зловещий, мрачный, страшный
• supercede - заменять; замещать, смещать
• frown - смотреть неодобрительно
• wrap - завёртывать, сворачивать, складывать, закутывать
• mull (over) - обдумывать, размышлять
• conceivable - мыслимый, постижимый; возможный, потенциальный
• toss - бросать, кидать
Task 1. Find and write down the words or expressions that mean.
• a point in a network or diagram at which lines or pathways intersect or branch
• that people disapprove something
• the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience
• what you think about something for a long time before deciding what to do
• to throw (something) somewhere lightly or casually
• someone who enjoys a particular activity very much and spends a lot of time
doing it
Task 2. Find synonyms for the following nouns.
Target, puzzle, invention, expert, source, facilities, stream, route, piece.
Task 3. Choose the correct preposition (in, by, until, of, from, to) for each gap.
1. … the autumn … 1969, the first node was installed in UCLA.
2. … December 1969, there were four nodes on the infant network, which was
named ARPANET, after its Pentagon sponsor.

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