Match the words with the correct definition

 

1. Application a) a place where power or information leaves a system.

2. large-scale b) a piece of equipment or a mechanism designed to serve a special purpose or perform a special function.

3. circuits c) made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements.

4. generation d) involving a large number of people or things, or happening over large area

5. device e) a configuration of electrically or electromagnetically connected components or devices.

6. power grid f) a program (as a word processor or a spreadsheet) that performs one of the major tasks for which a computer is used.

7. feedback g) the automatic operation or control of equipment, a process, or a system.

8. diverse h) act in a specified way.

9. to behave i) the modification of a software product, after delivery, to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a changed environment.

10. automation j) information given in response to a product, performance etc., used as a basis for improvement.

11. maintenance k) a stage of technological development or innovation.

12. output l) a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.

 

Complete the sentences below with one of the words from the box.

 

Continuously transmission supply distributions range network

 

1. Multitronic offers a stepless automatic transmission in which the ratio between the input shaft and output shaft can be varied ___________ within a given range, providing a very large number of possible ratios.2. The term tele ___________ involves the analog as well as digital communication. 3. A battery is a type of linear power _______ that offers benefits that traditional line-operated power supplies lack: mobility, portability and reliability.4.Linux packages are called ____________ because the Linux vendor is distributing an open source operating system that it did not develop from scratch, although it may have enhanced it with its own modifications.

5. They also stock the full ______ of single switch software from Sensory Software.

6. With the new contract, Siemens is expanding its leading role in Voice over IP for cable________ operators

 

4. Speaking. Think and tell the class what these people do at their work.

Electrical engineers Control engineers Power engineers electronic engineers Computer engineers

 

Unit 2 Electrical engineering (part 2)