- •Министерство образования и науки российской федерации
- •Е. М. Рожнева english for students of technical universities
- •Предисловие
- •Unit I engineering and automation
- •Choose your level and make pre-reading tasks
- •II. Make your own word-combinations of using the words, given above.
- •Industrial Engineering and Automation
- •Check yourself according to the chosen levels
- •4. Make up any 4 questions on the Text and put them to your partner. Mind the correct word order and the correct auxiliary verb of each sentence.
- •3. A) Make sentences, using the following words.
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •Unit II principles of electronics
- •Choose your level and make pre-reading tasks
- •II. Form adjectives from the given nouns using suffixes and think of as many words as possible connecting to the adjectives.
- •II. Find the meaning of the given Russian word among the English equivalents in each line.
- •Electronics and Electronic Circuit Elements
- •Check yourself according to the chosen levels
- •Registration form
- •Unit III welding
- •Choose your level and make pre-reading tasks
- •Welding processes
- •Check yourself according to the chosen levels
- •Unit IV computers
- •Choose your level and make pre-reading tasks
- •Check yourself according to the chosen levels
- •Unit V computer viruses
- •Choose your level and make pre-reading tasks
- •II. Make your own combinations of words (phrases) using the words, given above.
- •Text a. Computer viruses: their history, essence and types
- •Check yourself according to the chosen levels
- •Unit VI money and the money market
- •Choose your level and make pre-reading tasks
- •Money and Money Market
- •Check yourself according to the chosen levels
- •Unit VII extracurricular work telecommunication technology
- •I. Study the text given below at home.
- •The essence and the application of WiFi
- •The history of ieee 802.11 creation and its application
- •Unit VIII extracurricular work on the road
- •I. Study the texts given below at home.
- •Turning to Tech on the Road By Sam Grobart Published: January 11, 2012
- •Summary
- •Laser lidar
- •Annotation
- •Abstract
- •Questions and Tasks for the Colloquium (a spoken test) General understanding of unit I.
- •I. Answer these questions:
- •General understanding of unit II.
- •General understanding of unit III.
- •General understanding of unit IV.
- •II. Translate the following word combinations into Russian.
- •General understanding of unit V.
- •I. Answer comprehension questions on the texts of the unit:
- •II. Be ready to explain these abbreviations, taken from the texts of Unit V and translate them into Russian.
- •General understanding of unit VI.
- •I. Answer these questions:
- •II. Translate the following word combinations into Russian.
- •III. Translate these word combinations into English:
- •Unit I engineering and automation
- •Unit II principles of electronics
- •Unit III welding
- •Unit IV computers
- •Unit V computer viruses
- •Unit VI money and money market
- •Extracurricular work unit VII telecommunication technology
- •Extracurricular work unit VIII on the road
- •List of abbreviations used in the textbook
- •References
- •Sources recommended for writing summaries, annotations and abstracts
- •Оглавление
- •Рожнева Елена Михайловна english for students of technical universities
- •650000, Кемерово, ул. Д. Бедного, 4а
Unit V computer viruses
Pre-reading
Before studying the material of this unit, read and memorize what the terms “virus” and “computer virus” mean.
Virus |
– poisonous element causing the spread of infectious disease; – a tiny parasite which can infect living organisms. It is made only of RNA (ribonucleic acid) plus protein coat; sometimes of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) plus protein. |
Computer virus |
– a program that is able to copy itself when it is run. Very often, computer viruses are run as a part of other programs. They affect security and are a part of malware (such as the Trojan horse or worms). |
Malware (short for malicious software) |
– is a type of software that becomes installed on a computer without the person using the computer knowing about it or wanting it there. There are different types of malware that can harm computers, such as viruses and spyware. |
Words and Expressions to be studied:
spread (n, v) |
– распространение; распространяться |
prior |
– прежний, бывший, предшествующий |
to release |
– освобождать, выпускать |
bulletin board |
– доска объявлений |
spreadsheet |
– электронная таблица |
precursor |
– предшественник, предвестник |
to erase |
– стирать, удалять |
to wipe out |
– стирать, уничтожать |
trait |
– характерная черта, особенность |
similarity |
– подобие, сходство |
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
– ДНК, дезоксирибонуклеиновая кислота |
cell |
– клетка |
inject |
– вводить, впускать, добавлять |
viral |
– вирусный |
to bud |
– расти, развиваться |
to piggyback |
– использовать (что-л. в своих интересах) |
to execute |
– выполнять, делать, осуществлять |
obviously |
– очевидно |
to embed |
– внедрять, прикреплять |
legitimate |
– легальный, настоящий |
to modify |
– видоизменять, трансформировать |
to launch |
– запускать, начинать |
unfortunately |
– к несчастью, к сожалению |
to despise |
– презирать |
to replicate |
– воспроизводить, моделировать |
trigger |
– триггер, пусковая система |
to wreak |
– разрушать, губить |
security hole |
– слабое место / прокол в обеспечении безопасности / защите |
to claim |
– требовать, заявлять |
to grab |
– овладевать, захватывать |
vulnerable |
– уязвимый, ранимый |
sophisticated |
– опытный, современный, продвинутый (о пользователе) |
interconnected |
– взаимосвязанный, объединенный |
to be on the wane |
– уменьшаться, убывать |
occasionally |
иногда, время от времени, порой |
While reading the Text of this Unit, you’ll find these words and expressions. They will be given as italicized ones. You may also consult any English-Russian dictionary.