Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 451.

Word Study

Answer following questions.

1) When have the capabilities of a personal computer changed greatly? 2) What opportunity had people in academic or research institutions? 3) What leads to the proliferation of personal computers after 1975? 4) What were of interest mostly to hobbyists and technicians? 5) What allowed a wider range of people to use com­puters? 6) What did home computers offer? 7) What was the Apple II, introduced in 1977 by Apple Computer? 8) What did IBM en­tered the fray with? 9) What are the main characteristics of a PC? 10) What is the most distinguishing feature of a personal com­puter?

5. Find as quickly as possible and read out the sentences containing the following important information:

• the appearance of PC in the early 1970s;
• the first and most popular personal computers;
• the main characteristics of a PC.

*6. Try to tell the gist of the text.

The introduction of electronic computers, academic or research institutions, in interactive mode, for extended du­rations, to lead to the proliferation of personal computers, in kit form and in limited volumes, to be aimed for office, to remain a major player in the personal computer marketplace, microprocessor-based, a single silicon chip, to range in size, local area networking, to share expensive mass storage and peripherals, regardless of the purpose.