Review questions. 1. What changes in a society indicate that it is moving into the information age

24. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. What changes in a society indicate that it is moving into the information age?

2. What do we mean when we say that computers can process information?

3. Computers are now used to enhance our ability to communicate with each other. Name some of the devices and techniques that we are now using to facilitate communications.

4. What were the main characteristics of the first generations of computers? How did they differ from the second and third generation computers?

5. Today computers can be large or small. The smallest computers are based on a new type of processing device. Name that device and describe the new types of computers that are based on it.

6. Describe the differences between main memory and secondary storage.

7. A computer system includes devices that are used to get information into the computer (input devices) and to transfer information out of the computer in a form usable by humans (output devices). List some of today’s most common input and output devices.

8. What does the term software refer to? Name the three main classifications of software.

LESSON 2

Времена группы Continuous Active, Passive

Функции it, that, one

Степени сравнения прилагательных

Суффиксы прилагательных и наречий

Text A Computer hardware

Text B The computer’s components

Text C Input and output devices