Английский язык для аспирантов и соискателей. Минакова Т.В. - 61 стр.

Magellan, Point, Inktoml, Alta Vista, InfoSeek, Lycos, Open Text Index,
Webcrawler, Yahoo, etc.

     5.3.2 Find in the text and translate the following combinations

     1 заменяется различными электронно-информационными системами;
     2 накопление и передача информации;
     3 поиск, обработка и хранение данных;
     4 неограниченный доступ;
     5 способность обеспечивать информацией;
     6 вообще говоря;
     7 до сих пор, пока это.

     5.3.3 Choose the sentences in which it is said about

    1 Как изменяется классическая функция библиотек.
    2 Какие услуги предоставляет Internet.
    3 Как могут обмениваться информацией и общаться друг с другом
пользователи Internet.

     5.3.4 Answer the following questions

     1 How has the classical function of libraries been changed?
     2 What services does Internet enable?
     3 What may users of Internet search?

      5.4 Look through the text and do the tasks to it

      The Internet is the latest jewel in the crown of information technology. Also
known as the information super-highway, it is an international infrastructure used for
data communication which is becoming as popular and relied upon as the telephone.
      The important characteristic of the Internet is its speed of information flow.
Hence e-mail (electronic mail) travels much faster and is thus much preferred than
traditional paper mail (also known as snail-mail). E-mail is also beginning to replace
many phone calls. This is because e-mail allows the senders the ability to edit
information before they post it. Also, e-mail allows the receiver to answer at their
own leisure.
      Another beneficial feature of the Internet, is that being supported mostly by
academic and nonprofit organizations, the information is free (after an initial
connection fee). This means that this technology is not greatly restricted to or
dominated by any particular economic class. In fact, the huge amount of competition
between Internet service providers means that the costs related to net-usage are even
beginning to decline. The fact that the information is free to the end-user has also
sparked a great deal of commercial interest. Many companies are investing time and
money into net-advertisements. They hope that their free promotional material can tap
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