Exercise 4. Match the words which are very close in their meaning.
to constitute | a | to connect | |
to receive | b | component | |
fundamental | c | position | |
to link | d | considerably | |
to execute | e | contemporary | |
part | f | to compose | |
location | g | cell phone | |
dramatically | h | to design | |
modern | i | to perform | |
mobile phone | j | basic | |
to create | k | to get |
Exercise 5. Match the words with the opposite meaning.
multiplication | a | minority | |
to link | b | addition | |
to create | c | division | |
to receive | d | total | |
modern | e | to break | |
majority | f | to disconnect | |
part | g | to send | |
subtraction | h | outdated | |
to link | i | to separate |
Exercise 6. Mark the sentences: True/False/ No information.
1. CPUs are among the essential components in computers.
2. The CPU is a part of a computer that interprets and executes instructions.
3. The term CPU has been in use in the computer industry since the early 1960s.
4. The CPU is linked to the peripheral devices.
5. While the complexity, size, construction, and general form of CPUs have changed drastically (drastically – коренным образом) over the years, the basic design and function has not changed much at all.
6. On personal computers and small workstations, the CPU is housed in a single chip called a microprocessor.
7. The majority of processors are capable of carrying out a single instruction in less than one-billionth of a second.
8. The CPU is inserted directly into a CPU socket, pin side down, on the motherboard.
9. The ALU performs complex operations.
10. Nowadays chip manufacturers are increasing the production of transistors that can be etched on a silicon chip.
11. Today you can find microprocessors in different things.
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