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30PhrasalVerbstoHelpYouWithTechnology
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WelcomebacktoEverydayGrammarfromVOALearningEnglish.
Thisisourthirdepisodeonphrasalverbs.Asyouknow,aphrasalverbisaphrasewithtwoormorewords:a
verbandaprepositionoradverb,orboth.
Todaywelookatverycurrentphrasalverbs:onesusedwithtechnology.Thedigitalagehascreatedmanynew
wordsandphrasesinEnglish.
Theworldoftechnologyisfastchanging,andithasbrokenmanytraditions.Itisnaturalthatthelanguageof
computerswouldalsochangeandbeinformal.
Notonlyisthelanguageoftechnologyfullofphrasalverbs,itisalsofullofnewnouns.Manyofthosenouns
grewoutofphrasalverbs,asyouwilllearninthisepisode.
Gettingstarted
Letsgobackto1969,whenthefirstverbsentovertheInternetwasaphrasalverb:login.Tologinistoentera
code,keyorpasswordtogainaccesstothecomputersabilities.Wehavebeenloggingineversincethen.
Sometimeswesaywehavetosignintoawebpage.
Likenow,westartedacomputerbyhookingupwirecablesandthenpoweringituporturningiton.Some
computerstookalongtimetobootup,orgetreadytorunprograms.
Now,wedonothavetowaitaslong.Toinstallnewapplicationsonthecomputer,usersrunasetupprogram.
Thenweclickontheicon,orimage,foraprogramtorunit.
Afteropeningaprogram,youchoosecommandsfromamenu.Thesemenusarestoredinapulldownordrop
downbarnearthetopofthescreen.
Aclickofthemousethehandhelddevicethatguidesthecursoraroundthecomputerscreenshowsmore
commandsonthebar.Thatbarisoftencalledthenavigationbarornavbar.
Thisleadsustoourfirstnounfromaphrasalverb,pulldown.Whenwegiveinstructionstoafriendaboutusinga
webpage,wecansay,Lookinthenavbarforthepulldownandchooseacommand.
Anotherverbthatdescribesupanddownmovementonthescreenisscrolluporscrolldown.Awheelonthe
mouseallowsyoutoscrolluporscrolldowntoreadawebpage.Wecanclickonanarrowtomovetothenext
screen,too.
Storageandotherproblems
Installingupgradescansometimesdamagefiles.So,usersshouldalwaysbackuptheirfiles.Thatis,copy
filesandfolderstoanotherlocation,likeanexternaldiskdrive.Auserwhostoresmanylargefileswillsoonrun
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outofroomonthecomputer,sokeepingfilesonanextraharddriveisagoodidea.
Thisphrasalverbbecameanoun,too.Expertstellus,Putyourbackupsinasafeplace.
Myparentsusedtoprintouttheiremailsbecausetheywantedtokeepapermanentcopy,andhereisanother
newnoun:aprintout.
Thephrasalverbprintoutisaseparablephrasalverb,liketheoneswetalkedaboutinapreviousepisode.That
meansyoucanputapronounbetweentheverbandpreposition,asinLetmeprintitoutforyou.
Evenwhenweusepasswords,criminalshavelearnedtoenteracomputeroranetworkwithoutpermission.
Theyarehackingintothenetwork.Hackingcanmakecomputersystemsgodown,orstopworking.
Adisastercouldhappenifthehackerwipedout,orerased,alltheinformationonacomputersystem.Thatis
whyyoubackupyoursystem.
Annoyingadvertising
Internetadvertisements,orads,popuponthescreenoverawebpage.Thiscreatedanewnounfromthe
phrasalverb,popup.Peoplesaidtheyneededatooltoblockthoseannoyingads,sothepopupblockerwas
born.Thisfeatureispartofthebrowsersoftware.
Speakingofbrowsers,anotherphrasalverbthatbecameanounisplugin.Youknowthatyoucanplugawire
intothewall.Now,weaddsmallprogramstoperformspecifictasksinthecomputer,andcallthemplugins.
Companiesoftenwillaskforyouremailaddress.Theycreatealargelistofusersfromtheiremailaddresses.
Whenwesignuptouseawebsite,wekeyinournameandemailaddress.
Theorganizationrunninganonlineserviceusuallyasksustooptin,orchoosetoreceiveemailmessages.
Usuallythosemessagesareaskingustobuyproducts.Therearesomanyoftheseemailsnowthatmany
peopletrytofilteroutallmessagesfromadvertisersotherwiseknownasspam.
Gettingoffthegrid
IfyouthinkthattheInternetisfulloftoomanyadvertisements,andyouremailisnothingbutspam,justclickon
themenutoshutdownandturnoffyourdevicesfortheday.Getoffwhatwecalledtheinformation
superhighwayandtakeawalkoutside.Wait!Thereisonefinalphrasalverbtodescribethat:gooffline.
ForLearningEnglishEverydayGrammar,ImJillRobbins.
AndImJohnRussell.
Dr.JillRobbinswrotethisstoryforLearningEnglish.KathleenStruckwastheeditor.
Nowitsyourturn.DoesyourlanguageborrowEnglishphrasalverbsforcomputerterms?Doyouknowanynew
expressionstotalkaboutourdigitallife?WritetousaboutthemintheCommentsSectionoronourFacebook
page.
Hereisalistofthephrasalverbsinthisstory:
PhrasalVerbsforTechnologyandComputers
PhrasalVerb
Meanings
Example
login
signin
signin
v.connecttoacomputerusinga
usernameandpassword
n.pageoractofregisteringpermissionto
useaprogram
Tobegin,logintoyourdesktopsystem.
hookup
toconnectwiresfrommachinestoapower Wouldyoupleasehelpmehookupthe
sourceorothermachines
Internetcable?
powerup
turnon
providepowertoamachine
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Presstheredbuttontopowerupyour
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bootup
startup
setup
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beginrunningacomputersystem
v.toinstallanewcomputerprogramor
assembleacomputersystem
n.theprocessofaddinginformationusing
acomputerprogram
Waitasecond,mycomputerisbooting
up.
Thisapplicationtookalongtimetosetup.
pulldown
pulldown
v.choosefromamenuofoptionsina
computerapplicationextendingdownfrom
theactionbarlikeawindowblind
n.amenuofoptions
Lookforthefilemenuandpulldownto
SaveAs
clickon
moveamouseoveranitemandpressto
select
Clickonthestartmenutobegin.
scrolldown
tomoveslowlytothetoporbottomofa
text
ThenewsstorywassolongIhadtoscroll
downalottoreaditall.
runoutof
exhaustasupplyofsomething
Youwillrunoutofdiskspaceifyousave
copiesofallyouremails.
backup
v.makeanextracopyofafile
backup
n.anextracopyofafile
printout
printout
v.sendanelectronicdocumenttoaprinter IhavetoprintoutthedirectionsbeforeI
leavehome.
n.aprinteddocument
hackinto
enteracomputerornetworkillegally
Someonehackedintomybankandstole
millionsofdollars.
godown
stopoperatingproperly
Icannotsendanyemailsbecausethe
serverwentdown.
wipeout
completelyeraseordeletefiles
Beforeyoudonateyourcomputer,besure
youwipeouttheharddrive.
popup
v.toappearsuddenly
Ifyoudonotwanttoseetheads,turnon
n.anadvertisementthatappearssuddenly
yourpopupblocker.
onacomputerscreen
scrollup
popup
plugin
Besureyoubackupyourfilesbeforeyou
changesystems.
v.insertacordintoanoutletorport
Pluginyourlaptopoverthere.
plugin
n.anadditiontoasoftwareprogramthat
performsacertaintask
signup
registerwithaservice
Shesignedupforanonlinedating
service.
keyin
typeorentercharactersusingakeyboard
Ittakestoomuchtimetokeyinthatlong
password.
optin/out
choosetoreceiveadvertisingormessages
Thecompanyaskedmetooptintoget
specialoffersbyemail.
filterout
removeunwantedemailmessages
Canwefilteroutallthespamonthis
account?
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turnoff
shutdown
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endasessiononthecomputerbyclosing
anapplicationorremovingpower
Imtired,soImgoingtoshutdownthe
computerfortoday.
tousetheInternet/notusetheInternet
Iwillsendyouthatinformationassoonas
Icangoonline.
powerdown
goonline/offline
.
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WordsinThisStory
prepositiongrammar.awordorgroupofwordsthatisusedwithanoun,pronoun,ornounphrasetoshow
direction,location,ortime,ortointroduceanobject
adverbgrammar.awordthatdescribesaverb,anadjective,anotheradverb,orasentenceandthatisoften
usedtoshowtime,manner,place,ordegree
informaladj.(oflanguage)relaxedintonenotsuitedforseriousorofficialspeechandwriting
cablen.agroupofwires,glassfibers,etc.,coveredinplasticorrubberandusedtocarryelectricityor
electricalsignal
upgraden.anoccurrenceinwhichonethingisreplacedbysomethingbetter,newer,morevaluable,etc.
browsern.acomputerprogramthatisusedtofindandlookatinformationontheInternet
specificadj.havingaparticularfunctionoreffect
optv.tochoosetodoorbeinvolvedinsomething
filterv.toremove(somethingunwanted)byusingafilter
spamn.emailthatisnotwantedoremailthatissenttolargenumbersofpeopleandthatconsistsmostlyof
advertising
Dictionarywordlookupv2
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