Интернет. 1. Прочитайте статью и определите, истинны (Т) или лож

(The Internet)

1. Прочитайте статью и определите, истинны (Т) или лож

ны (F) следующие утверждения:

1. The Internet first started in the USA.

2. The Internet and the WWW are different.

3. Bernes Lee invented the Internet.

4. One file on the WWW can have two or more addresses.

5. There are 40 million Internet users today.

The Internet originated in the early 1970s when the United

States wanted to make sure the people could communicate after

the nuclear war. This needed a free and independent communication

network without a centre and it led to a network of computers that

could send each other e mail through cyberspace.

Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW) when

he discovered a way to jump to different files on his computer using

the random or unplanned links between them. He then wrote a

simple coding system, called HTML (Hyper Text Markup

Language) to create links to files on any computer connected to

the network. This was possible because each file had an individual

address, or URL (Uniform Resource Locator). He then used a set

of transfer rules, called HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) to

link Web files together across the Internet. Berners Lee also

invented the world’s first browser. This lets you locate and view

Web pages and also navigate from one link to another.

The WWW became available to everyone in 1991 and the num

ber of Internet users grew from 600,000 to 40 million in five years.

Today, that number is miles larger and there are now many browsers

that provide Web pages, information and other services. You can also

do research, download music files, play interactive games, shop, talk

in chat rooms and send and receive e mail on the WWW.

2. Найдите в тексте слова или сокращения, соответствую

щие следующим выражениям:

а) an address for Web pages;

б) a coding system that creates links;

в) this finds and shows Web pages;

г) rules for transferring files;

д) a group of computers joined together.

3. Соотнесите каждую группу глаголов (1—5) с одним из сле

дующих глаголов с общим значением: