Vocabulary practice. 1. Match the words with their synonyms.

1. Match the words with their synonyms.

computations congestion

knot node

connect find out

run calculations

overloading tire

learn base

backbone to be up

2. Fill in the blanks choosing from the variants given.

1. The Internet is not … a single company or country.

a) controlled b) operated by c) correspond to

2. The Internet backbones links and … are supported by network service providers.

a) wires b)connectors c) routers

3. Intranet allows businesses to store information but not provide them for … .

a) anyone b) public c) other companies

4. Pockets can be lost if network congestion … Internet services.

a) overwhelms b) corrupts c) stops

5. Each Internet server’s name … a the only IP address.

a) is converted into b) corresponds to c) acts as

6. Internet connection is set up access domain servers that … on the Internet.

a) reside b) exist c) register

3. Make two-word combination using the words in columns and then fill in the gaps in the following sentences.

A: distributed B: modem

elapsed name

voiceband dish

dynamic interference

domain database

signal time

satellite address

1. Packets can become lost when … or network congestion overwhelms Internet routers.

2. Ping reports that the computer is online and displays the … for the message.

3. Most people refer to the name of many Internet servers as a … .

4. A computer can have either or permanent static address or a temporal … .

5. A … exists in parts all over the Internet.

6. … and … are used for direct connection of a computer to ISP.

4. Fill in the gaps in the text.

Network service providers supply ___ links for the Internet backbone. The acronym ___ refers to points were equipment and ___ from this companies intersect.

An Internet utility called ___ helps you discover whether a host, such as web server is “alive”. This utility reports the ___ for a packet to travel from your computer to the host and back. Another utility, called ___, records the path of a packet as it travels from your computer to its destination. Most people access the Internet through an ISP, which provides modems, e-mail servers, domain name servers, and ___.

Speaking. Discuss the following questions.

1. How did the Internet get started?

2. How is the Internet structured?

3. Is it possible to track data as it travels over the Internet?

4. What kinds of network devices are part of an ISP?

5. What’s a domain name?

Text B

Reading. Read the text and try to guess the meaning of the words in bold. Check your variants in the dictionary.