Translate text I using the following words and expressions. Learn these words.

 

extirpate	ликвидировать; выводить; полностьюуничтожать
ingenuity	изобретательность, находчивость, мастерство
acumen['ækjumen]	проницательность, сообразительность
acquisitiveness	жадность, любознательность
inventory control	управление материально- техническими ресурсами
Addressdirectory	адресная книга
materials requirement planning	планирование потребности в материалах
Overallinvestment	совокупные капиталовложения
odd hours	сверхурочно
dexterity	Хорошиеспособности
inflexibility	непереналаживаемость технического оборудования, трудоёмкая переналадка
frailty	хрупкость; непрочность
foible	слабость, недостаток

 

EXERCISE 3

Match nouns from the left column with nouns from the right column to make word combinations. Sometimes you will need the conjunction “of”.

walk		business processes
application		marketing
shortcomings		life
weather		scheduling
business		purpose
word		processing
stock		effect
business		technology
material	of	century
production		program
credit		field
entertainment		requirements
communication		maintenance
information		card
automation		concern
computer		world
cost		computer

EXERCISE 4

Answer the following questions.

1. What walks of life mentioned in the text widely use computers? 2. Do you agree with the idea that “scientists have been able to extirpate all the defects, the limitations and the shortcomings of computers”? 3. Do you think we should encourage more young people to take Information Technologies as a career? 4. Isn’t it a problem that computer technologies save on manpower at the plants? 5. Do you know any computer weaknesses? 6.Can you suggest any other fields of computer application in the future?7. Do you think that computer science has helped to improve the quality of our lives or not? 8. If you had to nominate one thing as the most important IT discovery, what would it be?

Text II

Information technology

EXERCISE 1

Read and translate the text. Fill in the blanks with suitable words which are given below the text, in the “ word bank ”.

Information technology (IT) is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer ___________", according to the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). ________ deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securelyretrieve______________.

Today, the term information has ballooned to encompass many aspects of computing and technology, and the __________ has become very recognizable. IT professionals perform a variety of duties that ____________ from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and information databases. A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include data management, networking, engineering computer hardware, database and software design, as well as the management and administration of _________ systems. Information technology is _________to spread farther than the conventional __________ computer and network technology, and more into integrations of other technologies such as the use of _________ phones, televisions, automobiles, and more, which is increasing the demand for such jobs.

When computer and communications technologies are __________, the result is information technology, or "infotech". Information technology is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information.

In recent days ABET and the ACM have collaborated to form accreditation and curriculum standards for degrees in Information ____________ as a distinct field of study separate from both Computer Science and Information Systems. SIGITE is the ACM working group for defining these standards. The Worldwide IT services __________ totalled $763 billion in 2009.

Word bank:

Revenue, IT, range, information, starting, combined, entire, technology, hardware, term, cell, personal.

EXERCISE 2