Exercises

4. Find the equivalents:

1. the numbers to be operated on	1. числа с плавающей точкой
2. a magnetic core	2. самые последние достижения
3. an access time	3. напылением слоев
4. a computer's memory	4. во время обработки
5. intermediate results	5. крупномасштабная интеграция
6. Large Scale Integration	6. магнитный сердечник
7. during processing	7. память компьютера
8. by spraying layers	8. промежуточные результаты
9. the latest achievements	9. время обращения
10. floating-point numbers	10. числа, которые будут обрабатываться

5. Memorize the following definitions:

1. Memory unit is a part of a computer which stores information. 2. The memory access time is the time required to transmit one computer word out of the memory to where it will be used. 3. The capacity of a computer memory is the quantity of data that the memory unit can hold.

6. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the general purpose of the memory or storage unit? 2. What information is stored in the computer memory? 3. Where is information stored inside the computer? 4. What is the memory access time? 5. What ways of memorizing words in a computer do you know? 6. What has led to the creation of memories on LSI circuits? 7. What is the latest achievement of modern electronics? 8. What memories are used in microcomputers?

7. What do you call a unit which:

1) accepts information from outside a computer? 2) memorizes information to be operated on? 3) brings information out of the computer? 4) is able to take in information at the very high speed from a computer and then to release it at the proper speed for the peripheral equipment?

8. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the words in bold type:

a) 1. Every student must know that reasonable operations are logical and mathematical operations. 2. His experiment is simpler than that of yours. 3. The capabilities of a digital computer are greater than those of an analog computer. 4. It is clear that these diagrams are like those shown in Fig. 4.

b) 1. As science progresses the difference between man-made systems and natural systems may be reduced infinitely. 2. As you know information is a set of marks that have meaning. 3. As new operations can be composed of sub-operations, no new programming is needed. 4. The development of computers as machines for handling information has gone a long way. 5. As it is known, program is a set of instructions.

c) 1. One of these problems has been solved by a computer. 2. By means of a computer one can easily solve any problem. 3. There is only one solution, the one stated above, when n and m are equal. 4. One should remember all these rules, while solving a problem.