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Text b terms

The special terms of any subject are the keys to understanding it. The special terms of the field of computers are accordingly the keys to understand this field.

Among the many special terms in any field of knowledge there are two kinds: those that are essential that convey the key ideas of the subject to a person interested in understanding it; and those that are helpful but not essential. An example of the first kind of terms in the computer field is "binary notation"; it would be very hard to understand much in the field of computers without knowing the meaning of "binary notation". An example of the second kind is "minimum latency programming"; for many purposes it is not necessary to know exactly what this term means.

Notes:

binary notation – двоичное исчисление

it would be very hard to understand much – было бы очень трудно понять многое

minimum latency programming – минимальное скрытое программирование

18. Translate Text c with a dictionary text c reliability

The first automatic computers of the 1940's were not reliable. The equipment of which they were made had not been accurate and reliable. The programmer for the problem usually had to program the check by doing the same operation in another way. For example, in multiplication A times В he used the equipment differently from В times A, and so both operations might be programmed, and then the computer was given an instruction to compare the results. If a difference in results was more than a tolerance, the machine was stopped and the operator in charge of the computer and the mathematician in charge of the program consulted on how to get rid of the error.

Those days have long since gone. Now computers can operate with extraordinary reliability, with as many as a billion or ten billions operations between errors. Automatic checking of different kinds is built into the machine.

Lesson four

Grammar. The Participle. The Absolute Participle

Construction.

Text A. Memory or Storage Unit.

Text B. The Floppy Disks.

Text B'. Bubble Memory.

Text C. Chips.

Exercises

  1. Read the international words and guess their meaning:

final, base, container, register, object, subject, transmission, million, billion, disk, serial, series, track, resistor, transistor, millisecond, nanosecond, reaction, concentric, integration, technology, bipolar, diode, diameter, result, correct, to generate, element

  1. Pronounce the following words correctly

storage [´sto:ridʒ] n – запоминающее устройство (ЗУ), память

intermediate [,intə(:)'mi:djət] a – промежуточный circle ['sə:kl] n – круг, окружность

internal [in'tə:nl] a – внутренний core [ko:] n – сердечник, память на магнитных сердечниках

require [ri'kwaiə] v – требовать

final ['fainl] a – окончательный; конечный

generate ['dʒenəreit] v – генерировать, (вос)производить

access ['ækses] n – обращение (к памяти), доступ; выборка (из памяти)

transmit [trænz'mit] v – передавать

use [ju:s] n использование, [ju:z] v – использовать

quantity ['kwontiti] n – количество, величина

hold [hould] v – держать, удерживать, проводить

external [eks'tə:nl] a – внешний, наружный

similar ['similə] a – подобный, похожий

achievement [ə'tƒi:vmənt] n – достижение

layer ['le(i)ə] n – слой

microcomputer ['maikroukəm'pju:tə] n –микрокомпьютер

primary ['praiməri] а – первичный, первоначальный main [mein] a – главный, основной

inch [intƒ] n – дюим (2,5 см)

slow [slou] a – медленный

fast [fa:st] a – быстрый, скорый

circuit ['sə:kit] n – схема, цепь, контур

integer ['intidə] – n целое число

differ ['difə] v – отличаться, различаться

development [di'veləpmənt] n – разработка, развитие

semiconductor ['semikən'dлktə] n – полупроводник

creation [kri(:)'eiƒ(ə)n] n – создание

density ['densiti] n – плотность, концентрация

allocation [,ælə'keiƒ(ə)n] n – размещение, распределение

chip [tƒip] n – чип, кристалл

permanent ['pə:mənənt] а – постоянный

programmable ['prougræməbl] а - программируемый

erasable [i'reizəbl] а – стираемый

firmware ['fə:mwεə] n – программно-аппаратное обеспечение, встроенное в компьютер фирмой