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III. Make all types of questions to the following sentence:
there are various types of optical drives, which have become a reality.
IV. Give English equivalents:
оптический диск, сoхранять информацию, быть подверженным
чему-либо, время доступа, становиться реальностью, обозначать.
V. Give Russian equivalents:
Rewritable, secure, density, multimedia materials, consequently,
optical drives.
VI. Match up:
to store ……………………………… data
to be affected …………………………. for
to damage …………………………… information
to stand ……………………………… purpose
back up ………………………………. by
VII. Put the verbs into the correct tense form:
1. Optical disks (to serve) to store information.
2. Airport metal detectors (to damage) the data on the disk?
3. CDs (to hold) 650 MB or 2 GB?
4. Нow (to be) rewritable disks called?
VIII. Put in the right proposition:
1. Machine code consist … the 1s and Os (binary code) that are
processed … the CPU.
2. Low-level languages are converted … machine code … a special
program called an assembler.
3. Any high-level language is independent … the computer the
programme will be run … .
4. С, a high-level programming language, can be used … all kinds of
computers.
5. In the Internet millions .. computers are connected … one
another.
6. The Internet is growing … a surprising rate.
7. Hypertext is the text that contains links … other documents.
8. To surf in the Internet you can also click … keywords.
9. Special programmes allow people … talk … each other in the
Web.
10. Networks can be linked together … telephone lines or fibre-optic
cables.
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11. Optical disks are ideal … multimedia applications.
12. When you pass … airport metal detectors Optical disks are not
affected … magnetic fields.
13. CDs are not designed … you … write … .
IX. Translate:
1. Это означает, что они защищены и неизменны, т.е. их можно
проносить через метало детекторы в аэропорту без повреждения
записанных на них информации.
2. Существуют различные типы оптических приводов, которые
стали реальностью в наше время.
3. Магнитно-оптические приводы используют лазер и
электромагнит для записи информации
.
X. Give summary of the above text.
TEXT 16.
Computer Graphics
Computer graphics are pictures and drawings produced by computers.
A graphics programme interprets the input provided by the user and
transports it into images that can be displayed on the screen, printed on
paper or transferred to microfilm. In the process the computer uses
hundreds of mathematical formulas to convert the bits of data into precise
shapes and colours. Graphics can be developed for a variety of uses
including illustrations, architectural designs and detailed engineering
drawings.
Mechanical engineering uses sophisticated programs for applications in
computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing
(CAM). In the car industry CAD software is used to develop, model and
test car designs before the actual parts are made. This can save a lot of
time and money.
Basically, computer helps users to understand complex information
quickly by presenting it in more understandable and clearer visual forms.
Electric engineers use computer graphics for designing circuits and in
business it is possible to present information as graphics and diagrams.
These are certain to be much more effective ways of communicating than
lists of figures or long explanations.
Today, three-dimensional graphics along with colour and computer
animation are supposed to be essential for graphic design, computer-aided
engineering (CAE) and academic research. Computer animation is the
