Exercises

1. Translate the text.

2. Find synonyms from the “Word List”:

increase, martial, transport, cooperate, help, possibility, complete, computer, connect.

3. Write down the numbers in the text.

Example: 1950 – nineteen fifty.

1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1995, 50, 25, 10, 100, 1998.

4. Match the word with its transcription.

1. network  a) ['ickri:s]

2. support b) [,endə'laiiŋ]

3. conceptualize c) [kɔ:]

4. immediate d) ['netwɜ:k]

5. pursue e) [sə'pɔ:t]

6. circuit f) ['sɜ:kit]

7. underlying g) [pə'sju:]

8. colleague h) [kən'sepʧʊəlaiz]

9. increase i) [i'mi:diət]

10. core j) ['kɔli:g]

5. In the text you can see the underlined words. Name the grammar form each of them.

Lesson 3

Properties of networks

1. Read words with their translations.

rely [rɪ'laɪ] - покладатися на (що-небудь)

application [ˌæplɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] – налаштування (рос. приложение)

relate [rɪ'leɪt] - мати відношення

property ['prɔpəti] - властивість

facilitate [fə'siliteit] - полегшувати

efficiently [ɪ'fɪʃ(ə)ntlɪ] – ефективно, розумно

instant ['ɪn(t)stənt] - миттєвий

feature ['fi:ʧə] – особливість, ознака

distribute [dɪs'trɪbju(:)t] – розподіляти, розповсюджувати

accomplish [ə'kɔmplɪʃ] – виконувати, здійснювати

insecure [ˌɪnsɪ'kjuə] - небезпечний

deploy [dɪ'plɔɪ] – поширювати

interfere [ˌɪntə'fɪə] - перешкоджати

disturb [dɪs'tɜ:b] – турбувати, порушувати

amateur ['æmətə] - аматорський, самодіяльний

2. Read the text.

Computer networking may be considered a branch of electrical engineering, telecommunications, computer science, information technology or computer engineering, since it relies upon the theoretical and practical application of the related disciplines.

A computer network has the following properties:

1. Facilitates interpersonal communications

2. People can communicate efficiently and easily via email, instant messaging, chat rooms, telephone, video telephone calls, and video conferencing.

3. Allows sharing of files, data, and other types of information.

4. Authorized users may access information stored on other computers on the network. Providing access to information on storage devices is an important feature of many networks.

5. Allows sharing of network and computing resources.

6. Users may access and use resources provided by devices on the network, such as printing a document on a shared network printer. Distributed computing uses computing resources across a network to accomplish tasks.

7. May be insecure

8. A computer network may be used by computer Hackers to deploy computer viruses or computer worms on devices connected to the network, or to prevent these devices from accessing the network

9. May interfere with other technologies

10. Power line communication strongly disturbs certain forms of radio communication, e.g., amateur radio. It may also interfere with last mile access technologies such as ADSL and VDSL.

11. May be difficult to set up

12. A complex computer network may be difficult to set up. It may be costly to set up an effective computer network in a large organization.