" Computers: friends or foes?"

• Computers aren’t intelligent,

they only think they are.

• Access - to find information on a computer.
• Crash – a complete breakdown of a computer system or program.
• Database – a large amount of information stored in computer system.
• E-mail ( electronic mail) – a system that allows messages to be sent from one computer to another.
• Floppy disk (diskette) – a small removable magnetic disc which is used to store data.
• Hard disc – magnetic disc inside a computer that stores data and programs.
• Hardware – the electronic and mechanical arts of a computer system including the screen, the keyboard and the hard disc.
• Laptop – a computer small enough to be held on one’s knees for use.

• Multimedia - the combination of sound, graphics and video to present information on a computer.
• Software - programs that run a computer.
• The Internet - an international network of computers.
• Virtual reality (VR) - the effect produced by using computer images to make places or situations look real when they are not.
• Virus - program secretly introduced into a computer, which makes copies of itself and often damages other programs.
• Web site (site) – a place on the Internet that gives you information about a particular subject or product.
• World Wide Web - the system that stores information for computer users around the world.

• Monitor (v) – to watch or to listen to something carefully over a certain period of time for a special purpose .
• Printer (n) – a machine which is connected to a computer and makes a printed record of computer information.
• Outlook (n) on – one’s general point of view.

• Computer
• Encyclopedia
• Convenient
• To chat

• Computer – an electronic machine that can store and process information.
• Encyclopedia – a book containing facts about many different subjects.
• Convenient – suited to one’s needs or to the situation.
• To chat – to talk in a friendly, informal manner.

An integral part of modern life

Searching for information

Reduce the time

Computers are used for

Keeping track of life

For pleasure

To chat