- •Unit 8 storage
- •II. Find the synonyms to the following words:
- •III. Read the text again and answer the following questions:
- •I. Read the text and complete it with the phrases below.
- •Main memory: ram and rom
- •II. So, there are three types of memory used by computers: ram, rom and secondary storage. Look through this list of features and decide which type of memory they refer to.
- •III. Put the statements into the right order.
- •IV. Read the text and find the following:
- •V. Read the text again and make notes about the features of cDs, dvDs and Blu-ray discs.
- •Optical discs and drives
- •VI. In pairs, look at the products in the computer catalogue and choose the most suitable device for the purposes (1-6). Give reasons for your choices.
- •Iomega portable hard drive
- •I. Flash memory is used in many handheld devices. Read the descriptions (1-6) of some of them.
- •II. Look at the title of the text. Why is it a suitable title for an article about flash memory? Read the first paragraph of the text to find out.
- •III. Read the whole text and answer these questions.
- •Memory in a flash!
- •I. Read the description of magnetic storage devices and find the following:
- •I. Read the text and decide whether these sentences are true or false.
- •II. Match these words (1-5) with the definitions (a-e).
- •I. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words.
- •II. Match the terms with their definitions.
- •IV. Match terms with their definitions:
- •V. Complete these sentences with words from the box.
- •VI. Say it one word.
IV. Match terms with their definitions:
1. Volatile memory |
a) is a type of memory that can be read from or written to. |
2. Nonvolatile memory |
b) is used for easy and fast information storage in such devices as digital cameras and home video game consoles. |
3. Random-access memory (RAM) |
c) does not lose its data when the system or device is turned off. |
Read-only memory (ROM) |
d) loses any data as soon as the system is turned off; it requires constant power to remain viable. |
4. BIOS |
e) is a common part of most operating systems on desktop computers. |
5. Flash memory |
f) is special software that interfaces the major hardware components of your computer with the operating system. |
6. Virtual memory |
g) is a type of memory that can be read from but cannot be written to or altered. |
V. Complete these sentences with words from the box.
capacity |
storage |
archiving |
hold |
secondary |
1. There are basically three types of magnetic ... device available to the computer user- hard drives, diskettes and tapes.
2. The … of a 3.5’’ floppy disk is only 1.44MB.
3. Hard drives can ... hundreds of items more data than floppy disks.
4. A portable hard drive is a good choice for … storage.
5. Magnetic tapes are used for … information that you no longer need to use regularly.
VI. Say it one word.
1. Memory which loses any data as soon as the system is turned off.
2. A series of cells, with each cell storing a piece of information.
3. A type of memory which can be read from but cannot be written to or altered.
4. A type of memory which does not lose its data when the system or device is turned off.
5. A type of memory that can be read from or written to.