1. Match the words with their definitions:
1) cookie | a) the address which specifies the location of a file on the Internet. |
2) hypertext | b) the coding or tagging syntax used to write documents for web browsers. |
3) to upload | c) a text file created by web sites which contains personal information about an end user. |
4) ARPANET | d) a global hypertext system operating on the Internet that enables electronic communication of text and multimedia. |
5) emoticon | e) the term for buying and selling goods and services over the world wide web. |
6) WWW (World Wide Web) | f) the transfer a file or files from a remote computer to the user's computer. |
7) backbone | g) any electronic cross-referencing document first prophesized by Vannevar Bush in 1945. |
8) URL (Uniform Resource Locator | h) a document cross-reference technique enabling the retrieval of a related document or resource simply by clicking on an underlined word or image. |
9) domain name | i) to transfer a file from a local computer to a remote computer. |
10) hyperlink | j) a central high speed network that connects smaller, independent networks. |
11) to download | k) a symbol that uses the characters on a computer keyboard to convey emotion an email or instant message, such as the smiley face:). |
12) e-commerce | l) the unique name which identifies a web site. |
13) HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) | m) the predecessor to the Internet and the first worldwide network with packet switching. |
2. Complete the sentences with the words from ex. 1:
1) Homeland Security is worried that an attack on the Internet __________ could cripple the country for weeks or months. 2) The woman asked her professor if the textbook was available as __________. 3) One uses a __________ to go directly to a particular web site. 4) The professor asked us to __________ the example database from the school's server. 5) The __________ is the best thing to happen to computing since birth of the PC. 6) One of the most popular __________ is perhaps the wink and smile;) which is used to convey irony or satire. 7) The boy decided to __________ a picture of his new girlfriend to his Facebook page. 8) A good web developer will know most __________ tags without looking in a book. 9) The man made __________ from his personal homepage to his friend's business. 10) Although __________ started out small, it has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. 11) The __________ name of Microsoft Corporation is microsoft.com. 12) The web's use of __________ is quite controversial because most users have no idea that their information is being collected and stored on their computer. 13) The current public Internet owes a big debt to __________, which was the original global network.
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3. Rearrange the words to get the correct sentences using text 1:
1) very / was / ideals / The web / created / high / with/
2) commonly / e-mail / others / URL / used / like / became / words / and / Obscure / hyperlink /
3) use / almost / “Internet” / the / “World Wide Web” / and / people / interchangeably / Some / words /
4) made / Packet-switching / by / successful / L. Roberts / technology / ARPANET / invented /
5) through / application / software / People / called / view / WWW / a / the / browser /
6) people / connections / Very / internet / few / fast / had /
4. Translate the sentences from Russian into English. Take the words in italics from the text:
1) Всемирная Паутина - это способ получения информации посредством интернета. Для передачи данных Паутина использует протокол HTTP, который является одним из языков, на которых общается интернет. 2) Основной целью создания проекта ARPANET было выстоять в условиях ядерного нападения. 3) Многие люди до сих пор используют термины «Интернет» и «Всемирная компьютерная паутина» как синонимы. 4) Использование интернета привело к появлению множества непонятных терминов, которые необходимы для работы и общения в сети. 5) В 1999 интернет пострадал от финансового кризиса и многие компании, продающие свои товары он-лайн, не оправдали надежд потребителей.