1.1 Vocabulary
Word General English
bit /bɪt/
6. (n) a small piece or amount of something
bug /bʌg/
7. (n) an insect
Computing Notes
c. (n) the smallest unit of data
g. (n) something which causes a fault in a computer program
chip /tʃɪp/
1. (n) a long, thin piece of deep-fried potato
code /kəʊd/
4. (n) a system of words, letters or signs used to send secret messages
field /fiːld/
8. (n) an area of land used for growing crops or farming animals
menu /ˈmenjuː/
3. (n) a list of food available in a restaurant
root /ruːt/
9. (n) the part of a plant that provides it with food and keeps it upright
run /rʌn/
10. (v) to move by foot, faster than walking
h. (n) part of a computer made of silicon
i. (n) a language used to program computers
bit is used as part of a compound in computing, e.g., bitmap, bitrate
in the first computers, small insects caused problems in the hardware
chip is also used to describe a small part of something solid, such as a chip of glass or stone
code can also be used as a verb to describe the work of writing computer software
f. (n) an area in which a particular type of data is entered or stored
d. (n) a list of commands a user can select for a program
j. (n) the user with the most control over a computer
field can also mean an area of study
table /'teɪbl/
2. (n) furniture with legs and a flat surface
virus /'vaɪrəs/
5. (n) a small particle which can cause disease
e. (n) a structure for storing data in a database
a. (n) a small computer program which copies itself to other computers and can cause damage
B 1.1_B
Set for individual work and pairwork checking, using the worksheet supplied in the PDF if you wish.
Feed back visually.
Remind students that words can have different forms and that some of the words in the exercise will need to change form.
Answers 1. There are eight bits in a byte. 2. The menu bar is usually at the top of the screen.
3. The program made a copy of all the tables in the database each night.
in computing, menus can take different forms, e.g., a drop- down menu or a pop-up menu
root can also be used as a verb, where a hacker controls a computer by gaining full access to it: rooting a computer
b. (v) to start a program
run can also mean to stage an event
4. The developer needed to add another field for date of birth.
5. The new memory chips have increased the speed of the computers by 20%.
6. The programmers found it easier and faster to code in the new language.
VOCABULARY BANK 1.1 Guessing specialized meanings in context
At the end of the feedback, ask students for any other words they know which have a special meaning in computing. Other possible words from general English in computing:
carrier (n) – an individual or company which carries goods from one place to another | something which carries a signal from one place to another
stream (n) – a small river | the flow of data (usually video data)
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table is also used to describe a grid structure, which is used to present data in a document
in both humans and computers, a virus can move very rapidly from one to another
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