Vocabulary exercises

Exercise 1. Give the equivalents to the following English and Russian words and word combinations:

• IPS provider, technician, technical support, implemented software, to set up secure password system, CAD, CAM, troubleshoot, systems software, application software, updating, system crash.

• специалист по устранению неисправностей, специалист по системам, техник, инженер - системный программист, компьютерная служба помощи, техническая поддержка (пользователей), специалист по разработке аппаратуры, администратор (системы) безопасности.

Exercise 2. Match the words and their explanations from these two columns.

Web master	a person who works as part of a telephone service that helps users solve problems that occur on computer systems
systems analyst	a person who writes applications programs
systems programmer	studies systems in an organisation and decides how to computerise them (change the system into one controlled by computers)
help-desk troubleshooter	a person who administers a Web server
applications programmer	maintains the link between PCs and workstations connected in a network
network support person or computer engineer	a person who specialises in writing systems software

Exercise 3. Complete the following definitions with jobs from the box.

It professionals

software engineer security specialist blog administrator help-desk technician DTP operator hardware engineer network administrator webmaster

1 A ______________ designs and develops IT devices.

2 A ______________writes computer programs.

3 A ______________edits and deletes posts made by contributors to a blog.

4 A ______uses page layout software to prepare electronic files for publication.

5 A ______manages the hardware and software that comprise a network.

6 A _______designs and maintains websites.

7 A __________works with companies to build secure computer systems.

8 A _______helps end-users with their computer problems in person, by email or over the phone.

Exercise 4. up- and -up verbs. Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verbs from this list:

back up keep up build up set up catch up start up free up

upload update upgrade

1. To avoid losing data, you should ____ your files regularly. 2. You can _____ your PC by adding a new motherboard. 3. Delete some files to ____ space on your hard disk. 4. Data is _____ from regional PCs to the company's mainframe each night. 5. The operating system boots when you _____ your computer. 6. She's taking a course to ______ her knowledge of computing. 7. The computer checks the memory when it _______. 8 He ______ a website to advertise his travel company. 9. You can ____ with developments by reading PC magazines. 10. If you miss a class, you can study the hand-outs to _______. 11. The image in a digital camera is ______ from a red, green and blue image.

Exercise 5. Read the dialogue.

Interviewer : Now that the course is over, how do you keep up?

Brad: That's the difficult thing. You get a lot from work when you're thrown into situations you don't know much about. You have to learn fast.

Interviewer: Well, I see.

Brad: I've noticed a few times when I've gone to customers who want something fixed that I don't know about that I learn really fast.

Interviewer : So you're teaching yourself.

Brad: Yes. You have to do this from books and manuals and by reading the PC magazines.

Interviewer : Did the college give you any advice on the best magazines to read?

Brad: No.

Interviewer : So how did you get that information? How did you know where to look for help?

Brad: There was one lecturer. He used to work for a chip company. Even the college technical staff used to ask him for advice. He gave us some advice on where to look. The magazines themselves often recommend books to buy. The Internet is good. You go to the Microsoft websites and the manufacturers' websites also help.

Interviewer : That's not something the college gave you. They didn't say, well, 'Here are a useful set of Web addresses'?

Brad: No. There was a set book on support, which was useful but it was full of mistakes so you had to check it against other books to make sure what was right.

Interviewer : OK. One last question. Would you ever go back to college?

Brad: Yes, I'd like to do my degree some time but it's getting the time and the money to do this.

Exercise 6. Explain the following terms in your own words.

Workstations, network, troubleshoot system, printed circuit boards, software, microchips, file server, peripherals, upgrade, mainframes, updating, systems software, machine code, low-level computer languages, a system crash, application programmes, systems software.

Exercise 7. Write an annotation to this text.