The Personal Computer

1. A personal computer (PC) is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator. Large data processing systems require a full-time staff to operate efficiently.

2. Software applications for personal computers include, but are not limited to, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, Web browsers and e-mail clients, digital media playback, games, and myriad personal productivity and special-purpose software applications.

3. Modern personal computers often have connections to the Internet, allowing access to the World Wide Web and a wide range of other resources. A personal computer may be a desktop computer or a laptop, tablet, or a handheld PC.

4. So, computers and laptops or notebooks have become a part of our life. Life without a computer is next to impossible in this age of fast growing world of electronics and technology.

5. As the demand for computers grew, more and more companies stepped in the business to manufacture computers and computer hardware and software. Some of these companies manufacture all computer parts and sell under their own brand, while others manufacture only some of the hardware and few others develop only software. Computer companies like Intel manufacture computer processor and other high-end hardware. Companies like Microsoft and Google produce only computer software with some exception.

VII. Ответьте на следующие вопросы письменно и будьте готовы к устной беседе с преподавателем о Вас, Вашей семье и работе.

1. What is your name?

2. Where are you from? / Where do you live?

3. When do you celebrate your birthday?

4. What are you? / What is your profession?

5. When did you make your professional choice?

6. What sports do you like?

7. Do you study by correspondence?

8. What do you need the university education for?

9. Is it easy for you to combine work with studies?

10. Have you got a family of your own? Describe your family.

Вариант 5

I. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык. Определите по грамматическим признакам и запишите, ка­кой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием -s, и какую функцию это окончание выполняет, т. е. служит ли оно:

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