Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Women in computers.

READING: https://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/30.html



Ada Lovelace
   

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3893036825/

(From Wikipedia)
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, was an English writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine; as such she is regarded as the world's first computer programmer.[1][2]
She was the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron (with Anne Isabella Milbanke), but had no relationship with her father, who died when she was nine. As a young adult she took an interest in mathematics, and in particular Babbage's work on the analytical engine

Wednesday, 13 October 2021

LISTENING PRACTICE hardware and software unit 1

In the following page, you will practice specitfic vocabulary.

Do the listenings and answer the questions.


Present simple / Present Progressive


LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES:

PRESENT SIMPLE

We open the shop at 10:00


We don’t open on Sundays


Do you open on Saturdays afternoon?

Worten opens at 10:00 and closes at 9:30.

Worten doesn't open on Sunday.

Does Worten open on Saturday afternoon?

We format your computer in just one hour.



PRESENT CONTINUOUS

This week, we are opening at 9;30, (only this week).

I am scanning my computer for viruses.


Right now, we are formatting your computer.

 (we are still doing it)


Are you listening to me?

(future meaning: I'm visiting a Pc store next Friday


(from: http://rosaliascorner.blogspot.com/2018/02/who-wants-to-be-millionaire-tenses.html)

Translate into English:

Te arreglamos el ordenador en menos de una hora. (verb: fix)
Compramos tu ordenador viejo y te lo cambiamos por uno nuevo. (buy)
Estamos actualizando el sistema operativo. (update)
El ordenador está iniciándose. (start/ boot)
El ordenador no hace ruido. (normalmente) (make noise)
El ordenador está haciendo un ruido raro.
El ordenador no arranca.
El dispositivo almacena datos. (store)
Las supercomputadoras procesan millones de datos. (process)
El ordenador está procesando la información.
Sam trabaja como Administrador de Base de datos. (work)
Sam está trabajando duro en nuestra compañía