COMPUTERS

I. Study the vocabulary:

application застосування, використання

impact вплив

simplify (v) спрощувати

store (v) зберігати

retrieve (v) відшукувати, видобувати (дані)

data дані

user користувач

desktop настільний комп’ютер

laptop переносний комп’ютер

palmtop кишеньковий комп’ютер

hardware апаратне забезпечення

software програмне забезпечення

malfunction порушення функціонування

bug вірус

hacker хакер

II. Read and translate the text.

Computer use continues to grow and develop in all spheres of our life. Its applications have had a great impact on the business world. Computers have helped society by increasing productivity and simplifying mane services, such as accounts, credit cards, and telephone service.

A computer is an electronic machine that can store, retrieve, and process data with great speed and accuracy.

A PC is a personal computer which is the standard computer for most individual users. There are various sizes of personal computer, including a desktop. And portable types such as a laptop, a notebook or a palmtop.

Hardware is the actual machinery of a computer, the circuits, wires, and drivers.

Software contains the instructions that tell a computer what to do at every step along the way. Software is entered into a computer in the form of a program. Some programs (called viruses) are deliberately designed to cause problems in a computer system. They are hidden in programs, and are not obvious to users.

A virus is an error that is introduced into a program with the intention of causing a malfunction. A computer way crash and stop working altogether. This may be caused by a bug (an error in the software).

A hacker is e person who gains unauthorized access to computer system.

III. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the computer?

2. What impact do computers have on the business world?

3. What is the PC?

4. What kinds of personal computers do you know?

5. What is hardware?

6. What does software contains?

7. What causes problems in a computer system?

8. What is the virus?

9. What do we call a person who gains unauthorized access to computer system?

10. What kind of PC would you prefer to have, a desktop or a laptop?

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