Topic 12

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Internet

Topic 11

Ask your group-mates to translate them. Check up their translation.

Make up your own sentences with the words and word-combinations from the exercises 1 and 2;

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Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the telegraphic or telephonic communication of signals, images, or sounds performed by wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. Among the devices widely used today there are teletypes, teleprinters, telemeters and many others.

Teletype is a printing telegraph system. One of the definitions of a modern teletype is a computer terminal. It includes a device like a typewriter which is combined with a paper-tape reader and a punch.

Telemeter is a device that records physical events at a certain distance. For example, it may be an instrument in an artificial satellite which transmits information received in space back to Earth by radio.

Terminal is an input or output device connected to a computer. Among other devices connected to a computer, there may be a line printer, a punched-card-reader, a teletype, or a visual display unit.

Exercises:

1 Give Russian equivalents to the following English words and word-combinations:

1.1 telecommunication

1.2 electromagnetic system

1.3 widely used devices

1.4 teletype

1.5 teleprinter

1.6 telemeter

1.7 computer terminal

1.8 to include

1.9 to combine

1.10 typewriter

1.11 paper-tape reader

1.12 punched-card- reader

1.13 to record

1.14 artificial satellite

1.15 information received in space

1.16 line printer

1.17 devices connected to a computer

2 Match the columns:

2.1 telegraphic teletype

2.2 communication of device

2.3 printing distance

2.4 modern signals, images, sounds

2.5 physical information

2.6 certain communication

2.7 to transmit events

2.8 input system

3 Put down the missing words according to the model:

action process doer

Model: to explore exploration explorer

to transmit _________ _______

to receive _________ _______

to connect _________ _______

to combine _________ _______

to use________________

to perform_________ _______

4 Give the definitions of:

4.1 telecommunication

4.2 a terminal

4.3 a teletype

4.4 a telemeter

Internet is the linking of tens of thousands of educational institutions, businesses and public organizations with millions of individual users. That is why the Internet is referred to as the information superhighway.

What is now known that the Internet was originally formed in 1970 as a military network. A few years later the Internet opened to nonmilitary users. But most popular it became some ten years later when many educational institutions and a lot of businesses around the world came on-line.

When in 1993 Internet connections were first made available to individuals, usage of the network greatly increased. Many millions of new users came on-line within a short period. A new era of computer communication was announced to begin. Most networks on the Internet make certain files available to other networks. These common files can be databases, programs, or electronic mail from the individuals on the network. Each of hundreds of thousands of international sites provide thousands of portions of data available to users.

It should be noted that the Internet is not the only way for computer users to communicate with each other. A number of commercial on-line services also provide connections to those who pay for it. These services provide a great range of information including on-line conferencing, electronic mail transfer, program loading, travel and entertainment information, access to encyclopedias, and other educational means and reference works, electronic forums for specific users’ groups, sports fans and so on.

Exercises:

1 Find the English equivalents to the following word-combinations in the text:

1.1 образовательное учреждение

1.2 общественная организация

1.3 индивидуальный пользователь

1.4 военная сеть

1.5 доступные средства

1.6 определённый объём информации

1.7 увеличить пользование сетью

1.8 распространённые файлы

1.9 обеспечивать информацией

1.10 общаться друг с другом

1.11 большой диапазон информации

1.12 развлекательные программы

1.13 доступ к энциклопедиям и справочной литературе

2 Read and translate into Russian in writing:

2.1 to refer to as the information superhighway

2.2 to come on-line within a short period

2.3 to make certain files available to other networks

2.4 commercial on-line services

2.5 to be opened to nonmilitary users

2.6 to announce a new era of computer communication

2.7 to include on-line conferencing

2.8 electronic mail transfer

2.9 program loading

2.10 travel and entertainment information

2.11 it should be noted

3 Translate the sentences into English:

3.1 Интернет – это не только средство общения людей друг с другом.

3.2 Много разных организаций подключаются к всемирной сети.

3.3 Интернет был создан как военная сеть.

3.4 Имеется достаточное количество коммерческих услуг в сети.

4 Agree or disagree to the following statements. Find the correct answers in the text:

4.1 It should be noted that the Internet is referred to as the information superhighway.

4.2 Internet was originally formed in 1960 as a nonmilitary network.

4.3 When Internet connections were first made available to individuals, usage of the network greatly

decreased.

4.4 Many millions of new users came on-line within a short period.

4.5 The Internet is the only way for computer users to communicate with each other.

4.6 Most networks on the Internet make certain files available to other networks.

4.7 A great range of information provided by the on-line services includes on-line conferencing,

electronic mail transfer, program loading, entertainment information, access to encyclopedias, and

other educational means and so on.

4.8 Commercial on-line services provide connections to those who don’t pay for it.

5 Answer the following questions:

5.1 Why may the Internet be called the information superhighway?

5.2 When and with what aim was the Internet originally formed?

5.3 When were Internet connections first made available to individual users?

5.4 What do you use a computer for?

5.5 What are the advantages of using the Internet?

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