2. What type of computer do you prefer to work on?
3. Have you got your own box at home? What type?
4. You know that computer technique is not «frozen». Almost every month you can find something new about it. Do you like to improve certain parameters of your own computer? If so, which ones? If not, why?
5. Which computer programs do you use?
6. Are you longing for brand new programs, or you’re a conservative who prefers to use well-known, old, and reliable ones?
7. As you know hacker is a person who delights in the technical and creative aspect of using a computer. How do you classify yourself? Are you a hacker or a gweep?
8. Have you ever been confronted with bugs in your machine? If so, what did you do?
9. What is the difference between software and hardware?
10. What does the CPU mean?
11. What are the main components of a computer?
12. What do you know about computer memories?
13. What peripheral devices do you use?
14. What does it mean «memory capacity»?
15. What does it mean «nonvolatile memory»?
16. Why do we need to install drivers?
17. Can you tell the difference between a CD ROM, CD RW, DVD?
3. Retell the text briefly using the following words and expressions:
Hardware, software, central processing unit, box, immediate access memory, calculations and logical operations, visual display terminal, disc driver, printer, scanner, memory capacity, byte, pixel, floppy disc, hard disc, external memory, CD ROM, CD RW, DVD, RAM, ROM.