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* sensitive information – cекретные сведения, засекреченная информация

** extension – дополнение

2. Вставьте в предложения следующие слова в соответствующей форме

to collaborate, to elaborate, to link, to create, to flourish, to deliver, sale, remote, secure, surrounding, creation

1. Users of e-commerce as well as entertainment Industries are interested in ... for ...joint sites in the Internet.

2. E-mail can ... both texts and graphics to computer users.

3. The type of production is often influenced by the ... conditions.

4. The development of the Internet system was followed by the ... of e-commerce.

5. Even people in ... places of the world can have access to the computer network.

6. The development of programmes ensuring ... storage of information in computers is one of the important tasks of many programmers.

7. The ... of networks and e-mail system allows a large company to use them for ... employees within the company.

8. Having ... upon a new Web browser called Mosaic, American engineers made it available to users in September 1993.

9. The latest ... figures for these goods are much in line with market trends.

3. Раскройте скобки и употребите глаголы в соответствующей форме, обращая внимание на тип условного предложения.

1. Provided a country (to run) a trade deficit with the rest of the world, the country as a whole would have had to sell off some assets to foreigners to pay for this deficit.

2. Unless current assets exceed liabilities, the company probably (to dissolve) due to its debts.

3. If a worker were fired (увольнять) for poor work effort, he (cannot) (to obtain) a good wage elsewhere.

4. Computer networks would have been used more widely if they (not to be) a secret technology for a long time.

5. If the owner's equity had increased, the net assets (to increase) to the same extent.

6. The bookkeeper wouldn't use separate overhead rates (ставка накладных расходов) for these machines, unless machines (to differ) in power consumption, maintenance costs (эксплуатационные расходы), depreciation.

7. If anything owned by a company, for example copyright, (not to have) a physical form, it will be referred to intangible assets.

8. Provided the company didn't have enough money to begin the reconstruction, it (to be able) (to borrow) it from a bank.

9. More young people would be able to use the Internet for educational purposes if the price for the Internet access (to be) not so high.

10. Consumers will use the new software unless it (to be) too expensive.

4. Переведите следующие словосочетания на русский язык.

To grow rapidly; by means of computers; to maintain business relationships; to include economic activity; for the exchange of documents; a retail sector; to handle simple transactions; to be relatively inexpensive; any particular machine; the transfer of information; to contribute to the growth ... ; among other innovations; intermediary services; to restrict the access; to replace by electronic equivalents; to manufacture a product; the increased number of individuals; within the company; purchase forms