F. Read the following passage and fill the blanks with the words given below

Complete the following sentences.

D. Chose the word that best completes the sentence.

1 Unemployment insurance means that you are partially _____________ if you lose your job.

a) protector

b) protected

c) protective

d) protection

2 Companies can offer ______________ credit card transactions over the internet.

a) secure (v)

b) secure (adj)

c) security

3 All infrastructure will be owned and ______________ by users and will be operated on a for-profit basis.

a) government

b) governing

c) governed

d) governor

4 Today _______________ includes a complex system of companies that try to maximize their profits by offering products and services to the market at the lowest production cost.

a) commercial

b) commerce

E. Language work: the prefixes e- and cyber-.

The e- prefix means electronic, and we add it to activities that take place on computers or online, for example

e-business/e-commerce – business conducted over the Internet. Other examples include: e-card, e-learning, e-voting, e-signature, e-assessment, e-cash, e-zine, e-book, e-money.

There are often spelling variations, with or without a hyphen, so always check your dictionary.

The cyber- prefix comes from cybernetics, and we use it to describe things related to computer networks, e.g. cybercafé – an internet café. Other example include: cybercrime, cyberculture, cyberslacker and cyberspace.

1. A _________________ is an employee who uses his company’s internet connection during work hours to chat with friends, play games. Etc.

2. An _________________ is a post card sent via the Internet.

3. An _________________ is a small magazine or newsletter published online.

4. In a ________________ you can use computers with internet access for a fee.

5. Examples of ________________ include internet fraud, digital piracy, theft of confidential information, etc.

6. In the future, all elections will be carried out using ______________________.

7. You can now sign legal documents online using ______________________.

8. _____________________ will revolutionize the way we take exams.

9. _____________________ can be used on some websites instead of real money to make purchases. It reduces the risk of fraud.

10. An ___________________ is like the paper version, but in digital form.

disks popular revolutionized software facilitates processing sharply storage networks replacements skills technical

Almost all businesses today, no matter what their size, rely on computers for many of their needs. Prices of computers have declined (1) ____________ over the years, resulting in their increased use in the office. Most offices now have (2) ______________ of computers, which are all electronically linked together. This (3) ______________ sharing and processing of data. Indeed, data (4) ______________ would not be possible without the technical wizardry of hardware manufacturers. Data storage (5) ______________ are a technological miracle.

Because of (6) ________________ advancements, you never need to worry about where to store your data. The (7) capacity of a small disk is incredible. Manufacturers of (8) ________________ provide frequent upgrades. Unfortunately, these upgrades are often not compatible with earlier versions or other software. This means that you may have to find (9) ________________ for your favourite programs.

Administrators today are trained in the most (10) ______________ software programs. Highly skilled computer programmers and engineers are also very much in demand, especially when a computer or network causes problems.

Computers have (11) _______________ the workplace, and everyone, mo matter how accomplished he or she is in other (12) ______________, needs to know how to use a computer for basic tasks, such as using electronic mail, searching the Internet for information, and writing a letter.

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