4. Translate the following words from English into Russian:

advantage, once, to run a program, exception, to perform a task, alphabetically, file folder, desk drawer, office memo, monthly sales data, master disk, label, character, length, period, followed by, table, volume label, refer to as, suppose, general error, misspelling, device error, User's Reference, available memory, whenever, supply, parallel lineprinter

4. Translate from Russian into English

дисковод, управлять, доклад (отчет), загружать, термин, инструкция, список, текстовый редактор, электронная таблица, содержимое, например, деловое письмо, расширение, необязательный, внутренний, верхний регистр, нижний регистр, двоеточие, обновлять, целый, ожидать, ввод, вывод, сообщение об ошибке, соответствующий, конфигурировать, устанавливать, дополнять

3. Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of operating system is MS-DOS?

2. What is a program?

3. Where are instructions stored?

4. What are the examples of programs?

5. What is file?

6. How many parts has a file? What are they?

7. How many characters must a filename have?

8. Should you use uppercase or lowercase letters when typing filename in MS-DOS? Why?

9. What does a filename extension consist of?

10. What is a directory?

11. What is volume label used for?

12. How are disk drives referred to as?

13. What does a drive name consist of?

14. What should you do to make computer perform a task?

15. When does MS-DOS display an error message?

16. What is memory?

17. What are devices?

18. What must you do when you are going to add a new device?

4. Say if these sentences are true or false. If they are false give the correct statement.

1. MS-DOS allows you to communicate with your computer, your disk drives and your printer.

2. A file folder can contain two files.|

3. A filename can be typed only in uppercase letters.

4. A directory contains the names of your files, their sizes, and the dates they were last modified.

5. It is possible to look at the volume label on a disk by displaying its directory.

6. Floppy disk drive is commonly referred to as the С drive.

7. When you type MS-DOS commands, you ask the computer to perform a task.

8. Error messages apply to general errors or to device errors.

9. When you type a command, your computer receives input from your monitor and sends output to your mouse.

10. Adding a new device you need to tell MS-DOS about it by setting up your computer for that device.

5. Fill in the gaps with proper words:

1. The Microsoft MS-DOS is like ...... between you and your computer.

2. MS-DOS helps you to manage ..... and ......

3. Your MS-DOS master disk ....... more than thirty files.

4. Each file on a disk has a ..... This name has two .....: a filename and an extension.

5. Filename extension consists of a ...... followed by one, two, or three .......

6. A directory contains the names of your ...., their sizes, and the .... they were last modified.

7. When you use a new disk, you can put a ..... on the outside.

8. When using a command, you should .... a drive name before your filename.

6. Here are the answers. Ask the questions:

1. Yes, it allows a user to communicate with a computer.

2. You can compose letters reports, run programs and languages and use devices such as printers and disk drives.

3. It is like the contents of a file folder in a desk drawer.

4. No, it isn’t compulsory. It is optional.

5. Misspelling is a general error.