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INFORMATIKAENGLESKI JEZIK -21. KOLOKVIJ

12.2011.

Part one:

1 Answer the following questions:

1. List three things that are driving the the development of completely...BREAK-TROUGHS IN TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS SPEECH RECOGNITION, TEXT

RECOGNITION, HANDWRITING RECOGNITION, TEXT TO SPEECH

2. What can you do if you have a source code to a program?PROGRAMMER LIKES TO USE THE SOURCE CODE TO FIX BUGS OR ADD NEW

FEATURES.

3. What did Linus Torvalds use to write the Linux kernel?HE USED THE GNU PROGRAMMING TOOLS developed by Richard Stallman's Free Software

Foundation

4. Name three main functions of an operating system!1.MANAGING THE COMPUTER'S SOURCES such as cpu, memory, disk drives and printers

2. ESTABLISH A USER INTERFACE

3. EXECUTE AND PROVIDE SERVICES FOR APLICATIONS SOFTWARE

5. List ways in which intelligent agents can be used!THEY CAN BE USED AS WEB BROWSERS, HELP-DESKS AND SHOPPING ASSISTANTS

2 Write the terms which correspond to the following definitions:

1. A system that allows a user to interact with a computer using a combination of inputs.MULTIMODIAL INTERFACE

2. The core of an operating system that handles memory allocation, talks to hardware devices andmakes sure everything keeps running.

KERNEL3. The most important program in the operating system. It is resident and controls the entire

operating system. It loads other operating system programs into memory, when they are needed.

THE MANAGE PROGRAM

4. A standard distributed windowing system on which people implement graphical interface.GUI-GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

5. The part of an operating system that allows the user to interact with a computer using graphicimages and a cursor.

GUI?

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3 Match the words from column A with the most appropriate word in column B. Only one match is

possible

A B

1) information a) operating system 5

2) mainstream b) onslaught 1

3) cottage c) kit 4

4) operating system d) application 2

5) widely-ported e) stream 6

6) revenue f) industry 3

Part two: Grammar

1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (-ing or infinitive):

1.) I tried (convince) him that I was perfectly capable of (manage) on my own but be insisted on (help)me.

to convince, managing, helping

2) There is no point in (arrive) half an hour early. We'd only have (wait).

I don't mind (wait). It's better (be) too early than too late.

arriving, to wait, waiting, to be

2 Supply the correct modal verb in the appropriate tense:

1. If a letter comes for me __could__ you please forward it to this address?2. I wonder how the fire started.

Someone __ may have dropped_ (drop) a lighted cigarette. Or it _ might have been_ (be) an

eletrical fault.

3. Father to son: I can't support you any longer. You ___ must__ earn your own living from now on.4. We __ needn't__ (neg.) make any more sandwiches, we have plenty now.5. You __ mustn't__ (neg.) drive fast. There is a speed limit here.6. ___ may___ I see your passport, please?