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Software development




Unit 9

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TEST YOURSELF

 

Match the following key terms to the appropriate definition:

 

 

1. Telecommunications

2. Data communications

3. Networks

4. Analog

5. Digital

6. Wide-area network

7. Metropolitan area ikm work

8. Local-area net work

 

a. A type of network in which information is represented by continuous smoothly varying signals.

b. The transmission of information over long distances by means of telephone, Teletype, radio.

c. A network that provides communications across and among major areas such as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles

d. A network that provides communications within specific buildings

e. The transfer of data or information between computer related devices.

f. A network in which information is represented by discrete on / off signals.

g. A net work that provides communications across a country or the entire world.

h. A group of computers and others devices connected by communication facilities.


9. ring network
10. bus network
11. gateway

12. circuit switching

13. packet switching

14. communication channel

15. Bandwidth

16. multiplexer

 

 

a. A device used to connect dissimilar networks.

b. A communication channel routed along a path in the vicinity.

c. A transmission path for electrical or optical signals.

d. A device that allows multiple communication signals to share
communication channel.

e. A closed-loop communication channel

f. The amount of data that is transmitted over the network per unit of
the time.

g. A method of creating a physical link between two communication
devices.

h. A method for breaking messages into smaller units that can be transmitted separately over communication networks.

 

True/False:

 

26. Analog signals for communication were devel­oped before computers were invented.

27. Users of metropolitan-area networks include police and fire departments.

28. Metropolitan-area networks are designed to provide communications within specific build­ings.

29. The three major categories of networks are mutually exclusive.

30. By sending data in small packets, each with its own address, time and space on a network can be allocated more effectively.

31. Twisted-pair wires are the simplest and least expensive media for communication channels.

32. In theory, a fibre-optic cable can replace a wire in any application.

33. The most convenient communication channel in use today is the telephone line.

34. Infrared light waves are useful for long-distance communications.

35. Modems can handle simultaneous voice and data transmission.

36. Bandwidth is related to the needs of the commu­nication application.

37. Time-based information, such as video and audio, requires high bandwidths to be useful.

38. A disadvantage of facsimile is that the sender and receiver must be connected simultaneously.

39. Video conferencing involves delayed collabora­tion between people.

 

Multiple Choice:

40. A wire surrounded by a flexible metallic shield is called a

a. Twisted-pair wire.

b. Fiber-optic cable.

c. Coaxial cable.

d. Telephone wire.

 

41. Multiplexing allows several users to share a

a. Central computer.

b. Local-area network.

c. Communication channel.

d. Satellite.

 

44. For two devices to communicate, they must

a. Both have modems.

b. Use wireless networks.

c. Speak the same language.

d. All of the above.

 

45. The most common wireless communication media are

a. Light waves.

b. Radio waves.

c. Microwaves.

d. None of the above.

d. None of the above.

 

 

47. More effective use of existing bandwidth can be accomplished by

a. Protocols.

b. Broadband channels.

c. Circuit switching.

d. Packet switching.

 

48. Facsimile technology for personal computers

a. Enables computer-to-facsimile transmission.

b. Enables facsimile transmission without first making a paper copy.

c. Enables computer-to-computer facsimile.

d. All of the above.

 

49. An electronic conference

a. Requires the participants to meet simultaneously.

b. Eliminates the need for simulta­neous participation.

c. Is associated with one-to-one communications.

a. None of the above.

 

50.Video conferencing is an alterna­tive to

a. Electronic mail.

b. Face-to-face meetings.

c. Electronic conferencing.

d. None of the above.

d. None of the above.

 

 

 

1.1 Read and translate the following words and word-combinations.

 

Requirements, a function, reliable, an error, modify, satisfy, a developer, error-free, reusable, accomplish, top-down structured design, creative decisions, implementation, life cycle, end-user level, side by side, time consuming, inevitable bugs, rough sketches, refine, clay models, unusable, evaluate, the initial design, a structure chart, implementation, the eventual retirement of a system, a completed application, a specific programming language, a special –purpose word processor, evaluate the entire program, logical errors, divide a program into modules, pseudo code listing.

 

1.2 Learn key-words and word-combinations.

 

bootstrap loader – початковий завантажувач

coding – кодування

compiler(n) – компілятор; транслятор

definition(n) - визначення

flowchart(n) – блок-схема

implementation(n) - впровадження

interpreter (n) –інтерпретатор(програм)

linker(n) –редактор зв’язків

loader(n) – завантажувач

maintenance(n) –супровід; обслуговування

mockup(n)- модель

object program –об’єктна програма; вихідна програма

object code – об’єктна програма

program generator – генератор програм

program editor – редактор текстів програм

replacement(n) –заміна

requirements list –список вимог

source program – початкова програма

source code - початкова програма

scale(n)- масштаб

top-down structured design- низхідне структурне програмування

 

1.3Read and translate the text.

 




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