c) find the definitions for some other words which you consider to be important for the topic “Computers”. Use the website www.macmillandictionaries.com. EXPLORING GRAMMAR Exercise 8. Read the sentences, point out Participle I and Participle II. Give the Russian equivalents. If you have some difficulties, use the grammar reference at the end of the book. 1. When entering the Internet, I always find the required information.
2. If compared with the analog computer, digital computers have other func-
tions. 3. When used, voltage represents other physical quantities in analog
computers. 4. While dealing with discrete quantities, digital computers count
rather than measure. 5. At the moment our computer systems are inputting,
storing, processing, controlling, and outputting data. 6. Combined capabilities
of both analog and digital computers belong to hybrid computers. 7. Having
finished the research, they analysed the data obtained. 8. Having translated the
programme into the machine language, he put it into a computer. 9. Having
been well prepared for the test, postgraduates managed to answer all the ques-
tions the tutor asked them. 10. When entering data correctly into the computer
system, they avoid the need for further adjustments by a person.
Exercise 9. Make up your own sentences according to the models. Model A: When properly programmed, computers don’t err. Having been properly programmed, computers don’t err. 1. When well regulated, the equipment operates well. 2. When documents
correctly filled in, they don’t need extra checks. 3. When loaded, the numbers
are stored on the platforms of storage. 4. When loaded with cargo, cars can
move between stations. 5. When moved, the ball located on the bottom side of
the mouse turns rollers.
Model B: A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers a more advanced computing ability. A smartphone is a mobile phone offering a more advanced computing ability. 1. A smartbook is a concept of a mobile device that falls between smart-
phones and netbooks. 2. A smartbook is a gadget that delivers features found in
smartphones. 3. BlackBerry is a line of mobile e-mail that functions as a Per-
sonal Digital Assistant (PDA). 4. Twitter is a social and micro blogging service
that enables users to send and read other users’ messages called tweets. 5. An
iPhone is a camera phone that includes text messages, visual voicemail, a port-
able media player, and web browsing facilities.