Quiz on computer.. Read and translate the text.. INTERNET

8. Quiz on computer.

1) How many keys does the standard computer keyboard consist of?

2) How many buttons does the standard PC mouse consist of?

3) What will save your time if you have problems using a mouse?

4) What does the use of the mouse in Windows allow the user?

5) Whose job is to write computer programs?

6) What should you close, when you shut down your PC?

7) When was Microsoft founded?                        

8) Who is the chairman of Microsoft Corporation?

9) What is the smallest unit of information in a computer?

10) How many bits are there in a byte?

11) What is one of the most widely used personal computer operating systems?

12) When and where did the Internet begin?

9. Read and translate the text.

INTERNET

    This age is called The Age of Information. Today we can’t imagine our life without radio and TV, books, and especially computers and Internet. It’s interesting to know that the word “computer” used to mean a person, not a machine. In the XIX century the people who did the calculation and wrote books were called computers. And from the XIX century machines changed the world.

   It’s hard to believe but the Internet was started by the military. In the 1960s the Pentagon was worried about communications after a nuclear war. And in 1969 they thought of linking computers into a network so that if one part of the network was destroyed, other parts could continue operating. And it was the reason for scientists to start the Net. And people in different countries began to use the Net to share ideas. They used it for work and for fun. People started to call it the Internet in the 1980s. Then it was in the mid 1990s that the Net began to grow fast. And now the Internet is important for e-mail, getting information and playing games.