Answer the questions.. Read and translate the text.. quot;WHAT IS A COMPUTER?". Complete the following sentences.

5. Answer the questions.

1. Who invented the first calculating machine?

2. What could this machine do?

3. When was the computer invented?

4. Why were the first computers very big?

5. Are computers smaller now?

    6. Read and translate the text.

"WHAT IS A COMPUTER?"

A computer is an electronic machine that uses programs. A personal computer is a computer that is used by one person. The major parts of a PC include the motherboard, central processor unit, memory, hard drive and video card. Computer's parts are a system block, a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, a mo­dem, a printer, a disk drive, a scanner, speakers. Software is a number of computer programs.

The most important computer program that runs on a computer is the opera­ting system. Microsoft Windows is one of the most widely used personal computer operat­ing systems. It is sold by Microsoft Corporation. Bill Gates is the chairman of Microsoft Corporation. He is the world's richest person. To start a computer you must have a login and a password. You have a network when two or more computers are connected to each other.

7. Complete the following sentences.

1)

 A programmable machine is a …

 2) Computer equipment is …

3)  Mini programs or instructions that tell your computer how to use its hardware are …

4) The most important program that runs on a computer is …

5) When two or more computers are connected to each other we have a …

6) A number of computer programs is …

7) Large lists of instructions for the computers are …

8) To start a computer you must have a …