Lesson 4

II.Reading exercises:

Exercise 2

1. MS-DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System.

2. Command-line interface.

3. Windows 95 is a bootable operating system in its own right. It has a graphical interface with many Macintosh-like features. It supports multimedia applications and comes with Internet software. The Program manager is called Windows Explorer, Buttons and scroll-bars have an attractive, three dimensional look. 4. With Windows 98 Internet access becomes part of the user interface. The system includes Outlook Express for E-mail, NetMeeting conferencing software, a chat program and a Web-page editor. It offers support for such technologies as DVD. It also enables to watch TV on your PC. 5. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released: Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server. 6. Windows XP has been criticized for its susceptibility to malware, viruses, Trojan horses, and worms.

Exercise 3

1d, 2a, 3b, 4c.

Exercise 4

operating system, domains.

III. Speaking exercises:

Exercise 1

MS-DOS

MS-DOS (short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system commercialized by Microsoft. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems and was the main operating system for computers during the 1980s. It was based on the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. It is the standard OS for all IBM PC compatibles or clones. In this text-based operating system you communicate with the computer by typing commands that exist within its library. Advantages of Window XP

Windows XP is known for its improved stability and efficiency over the 9x versions of Microsoft Windows. It presents a significantly redesigned graphical user interface, a change Microsoft promoted as more user-friendly than previous versions of Windows.

Operating system.

The programs and routines that allow a computer to operate. It usually consists of a group of programs which coordinate the software and hardware of a computer system.

Scroll bar

Scroll bar is used to move the document in its window so that the text in another part of the document is visible. Chat program

Chat program is a real-time interactive conversation on the Internet.

Exercise 2.

1. How do you communicate with computer in DOS?

2.How was the program manager in Windows 95 called?

3.What is the successor to both Windows 2000 Professional.?

4. Is Windows XP the most widely used operating system in the world.?

IV. Writing exercises:

Exercise 1

Scroll-bar, editor, stability, malware, data center.

Exercise 2

graphical interface,

multimedia applications,

the world's personal computer market,

which is targeted at home users.

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