Вопрос № 912140 - Английский язык

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Computer main memory comes in two principal varieties: random access memory or RAM and read-only memory or ROM. 1_______. ROM is typically used to store the computer initial start-up instructions. 2_______. In a PC, ROM contains a specialized program called BIOS that orchestrates loading the computer operating system from the hard disk driver into RAM whenever the computer is turned on or reset. In embedded computers, which frequently do not have disk drivers, all the required software may be stored in ROM. 3_______. Flash memory blurs the distinction between ROM and RAM, as it retains its data when turned off but is also rewritable. 4_______.

System software controls standard internal computer activities. An operating system, for example, is a collection of system programs that aid in the operation of a computer regardless of the application software being used. When a computer is first turned on, one of the system programs is booted or loaded into the computer’s memory. This software contains information about memory capacity, the model of the processor, the disk drives to be used, and more.
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What is system software used for?

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The World Wide Web (WWW) is a part of the Internet. But it’s not a collection of networks. Rather, it is information that is connected or linked together like a web. You access this information through one interface or tool called a Web browser. The number of resources and services that are part of the World Wide Web is growing extremely fast. In 1996 there were more than 20 million users of the WWW, and more than half the information that is transferred across the Internet is accessed through the WWW. By using a computer terminal (hardware) connected to a network that is a part of the Internet, and by using a program (software) to browse or retrieve information that is a part of the World Wide Web, the people connected to the Internet and World Wide Web through the local providers have access to a variety of information.

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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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1_______. The PC’s use of a 16-bit microprocessor initiated the development of faster and more powerful personal computers, and its use of an operating system that was available to all other computer makers led to a standardization of the industry.
2_______. One of these was the introduction of a powerful 32-bit CPU capable of running advanced operating systems at high speeds.
3_______. The Apple Macintosh computers were the first to allow the user to selecticons – graphic symbols of computer functions – from a display screen instead of typing commands. 4_______.

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The basic job of the computer is the processing of information. Computers accept information in the form of instruction called a program and characters called data to perform mathematical and logical operations, and then give the results. The data is raw material while information is organized, processed, refined and useful for decision making. Computer is used to convert data into information. Computer is also used to store information in the digital form.
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