Вопрос № 857148 - Английский язык

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1_______. They are about the size of an office desk and are usually found in banks and offices. 2_______.
Microcomputers, commonly known as micros, are the smallest and least powerful. 3_______. They can handle smaller amounts of information at a time and are slower than minicomputers. They are ideal for use as home computers. 4_______. More powerful microcomputers are gradually being produced; therefore they are becoming the most commonly used type of computers.

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1_______. The most compact are called laptops. 2_______.
Personal computers are designed for use at homes, schools, and offices. At home they can be used for home management (balancing the family finances, for example) and for playing computer games, watching films or listening to music. 3_______. Many schools now have computers for independent learning and computer-literacy studies. 4_______.

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Edinburgh-born scientist Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention of the telephone in eighteen seventy-six. The following year, the great American inventor Thomas Edison produced the first working telephone. With telephones soon becoming rapidly available, the days of letter-writing became numbered.
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The telephone was invented in …

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The computer has been life-transforming invention. British mathematician Charles Babbage designed a form of computer in the mid-1830s, but it was not until more than a century later that theory was put into practice. Now, a whole generation has grown up with calculators, windows, icons, computer games and word processors, and the Internet and e-mail have transformed communication and information.
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The Internet and e-mail have transformed …

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People can now use the Internet and e-mail to communicate with each other cheaply and quickly. Twenty years ago, however, this wasn’t possible. In those days in Britain, some people used amateur radio to contact people all over the country, and even around the world. They had special radios in their houses that sent out radio signals. They contacted each other to exchange news about their lives and about the weather, or even to play games such as chess.
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People can now use the Internet and e-mail to communicate with each other …

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Have you got a mobile phone?
Before mobile phones were developed, you could only call someone with a phone which was connected to a phone line. That problem meant that it was often difficult to contact people, particularly if you were on a bus or in a car.
Before mobile phones, people didn’t send text messages to each other. Since they were introduced, text messages have changed the way we communicate. With text messages, you don’t need to actually call someone. You simply type a short message and send it, being careful, of course, to send it to another mobile and not to a home phone.
Mobile phones used to be big and heavy. Now, they’re small and light. The chances are that they will become even smaller and lighter in the future.
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Before mobile phones, people didn’t send text messages to …