Computer World. Матросова Т.А. - 6 стр.

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Exercise 1. Answer these questions about the text.

1. How many mainframes did IBM think it was possible to sell in 1952?

2. How many PCs have now been sold?

3. Who paid for the initial research into PCs?

4. Which company later used the results of this research to develop their

operating system?

5. What are command-based operating systems?

6. DR/DOS is an acronym. What does it stand for?

7. Since the invention of the IBM PC, many of its features have been improved.

Which of the following features does the text not mention in this respect?

a. memory

b. speed

с. size

d. cost

8. Give three examples from the text of how the availability of computers has ‘in

all probability changed the world for ever’.

Exercise 2. Look back in the text and find words that have a similar meaning to:

1. international

2. contested

3. errors

4. paid for

5. buy

6. first

7. recommendation

8. improved

Exercise 3. Translate the sixth paragraph (starting 'The original IBM PC...'). Look

carefully at the tenses before you start.

Exercise 4. The article states that 'many computers in people's homes are just used to

play computer games.

Discuss the following questions:

1. In what other ways are computers used at home, or outside work?

2. If you have a PC, how do you use it? (If not, how would you use one?)