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Joanna Szłyk
Język angielski, Konkursy

English for computer users competition

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English for computer users competition

A Choose the right answer: a, b, or c

1 What cursor control device is operated by rolling it across a desktop?
a) trackball
b) mouse
c) pointer

2 The common name for picture elements is
a) bits.
b) resolution points.
c) pixels.

3 Each piece of information written on a record (in a database program) is known as a
a) field.
b) cell.
c) layout.

4 To......... a disk is to mark tracks and sectors on its magnetic surface.
a) save
b) store
c) format

5 One gigabyte has
a) one thousand megabytes.
b) one thousand kilobytes.
c) one million megabytes.

6 What is the only type of language that computers can understand directly?
a) human language
b) BASIC
c) machine code

7 Which utility is used to have a live conversation (usually typed) on the Internet?
a) FTP software
b) IRC program
c) Web editor

8 What name is given to the set of programs which manages and coordinates all the hardware and software?
a) system program
b) operating system
c) database management system

9 What type of program is used for the creation and manipulation of texts?
a) word processor
b) spreadsheet
c) spell checker

10............ means moving a complete display horizontally or vertically on the screen.
a) wrapping
b) indenting
c) scrolling

B The final questions
1. What is the most common graphics output device used to print engineering drawings and other detailed graphics?
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2. Which data communications service is used to exchange messages between computers?
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3. Combining two or more files to make a larger one is called.................................

4. Can you mention three different types of printers?
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5. Errors in programming are known as.................................

6. What special type of program is used to translate a high level language program into machine code?
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7. Which device is used to connect computer systems to the telephone network?
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8. Give the meanings of these acronyms or abbreviations: OCR, laser, CAD, HTML.
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9. Which company developed the first personal computer based on the Intel ™ processor?
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10. What is the name of the proprietary communications protocol that carries data over network hardware between two or more Apple Macintosh ™ computers and peripherals?
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11. What does it mean if your computer hangs?
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12. What is the difference between a LAN and a WAN?
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13. What is a browser?
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14. In a computing context, what does 'handshaking' mean?
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15. If you heard someone talking about a 'gooey', what would they be referring to?
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16. What are the main parts of CPU?
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17. What kinds of network topologies do you know?
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18. What are the main characteristics of a printer?
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C Read the headings and the text. Then match them to the paragraphs.

- Partners for change
- Trials and challenges
- A new project
- Future plans
- Speed, security, service

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Internet2 is a collaborative project between universities, government agencies and industry partners in the USA. It aims to create advanced Internet applications for academic research, distance learning and education. The I2 project was developed by the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) in October 1996.

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There are three major challenges facing Internet2:
- to establish an advanced communications infrastructure for the US research and education community
- to develop new applications, such as digital libraries, telemedicine and virtual laboratories, allowing participants to send big packets of data and video at high speed. For example, teachers and students can view and consult during real-time medical operations, scientists can collaborate in virtual meetings etc
- to transfer the new network capabilities to all levels of education and to the rest of the Internet.

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The I2 project is made up of three main categories of members: universities, non-profit organizations and corporate partners, i.e. sponsors and industries interested in investing in the project.

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Internet2 is working together with advanced networks such as the high-speed Backbone Network Service developed by MCI/Worldcom, and the Next Generation Internet, which is being built by US federal agencies. It runs on a new fibre-optic backbone called Abilene, which operates at speeds of up to 2.4 gigabits (1,024 megabits) per second. Internet2 uses Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) instead of the current IPv4. This new protocol uses the Quality of Service (QoS) technology, which allows users to send data with guaranteed delivery - on time and intact.

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Internet 2 and its fast backbones are not available to the general public yet, and its physical structure is not intended to replace the global Internet. But the plan for the future is to integrate the new technology with the public Internet and to make it available to everyone.

D Refer to the text to find the term for these definitions.
In paragraph 1
- investigation undertaken to discover new facts.........................................................
In paragraph 2
- technology that provides high-quality information to doctors over long distances..............................
In paragraph 4:
- glass material that guides light impulses at high frequencies ................................................
- high-speed data highways that connect other networks...................................................
- specification that describes how computers will talk to each other on a network..............................

E Decide which applications programs would be used and for what purpose, by the following: a museum, publishers of a subscription-only magazine, police headquarters. Write your recommendations for one the above-mentioned users. Give reasons for each applications program you recommend.
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opracowane na podstawie podrecznika Infotech, Cambridge University Press, third edition, oraz materialów dostepnych na www.cambridge.org/elt/infotech

Opracowanie: Joanna Szłyk

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