INGLS TCNICO

EXERCIO DE AVALIAO 5 AULA

Memory

The memory is the place where the computer keeps information when it is not actually working upon it. We can think of it consisting of several thousand letter boxes.

Information is held there as bits of electric charge. In a particular spot in the computer there is a charge or there is not, so it is for this reason that computers understand binary code- O means no charge, 1 means a charge.

The memory can store numbers and characters and these can be retrieved by the processor. Each letter box has an address, which is also a number. The processor can connect itself to any particular memory location a particular letter box by specifying its address.

Inside the memory the information is held as minute charges of electricity. Unfortunately, the system only works when the computer is switched on. When it is switched off, the information is lost and consequently different types of memory storage are needed to hold information which the computer needs to keep for longer than it takes to run a program.

Vocabulary

working upon it = lidando com ela, trabalhando com a informao

letter boxes = escaninhos eletric charge = carga ou impulso eltrico particular spot = certo lugar, ponto determinado retrived = recuperados address = endereo, identificao da localizao na memria

unfortunately = Infelizmente switched on/off = ligado/desligado is lost = ou est perdida for longer = por mais tempo it takes = leva to run = rodar (um programa) is held = est segura bits = digito binrio characters = letras keeps = conserva charges = cargas

Exercises

1) Faa um breve relato a respeito do texto. A memria armazena dados, para que quando o computador desligo e inicie novamente, ali tenha um ponto de inicio, onde todas as informaes so processadas pelo processador, e assim nada se perde aps ligar, apenas se usa as informaes contida na memria.

2 )Encontre no texto os pargrafos onde as seguintes ideias esto expressas.

a) Infelizmente o sistema s trabalha quando o computador est ligado. pargrafo ________1______

b)Nmeros e caracteres podem ser recuperados pelo processador. pargrafo ________3_______

c) Podemos imaginar a memria consistindo em vrios milhares de caixas para cartas. pargrafo _____1_______ d) O processador pode conectar-se com qualquer dessas caixas. pargrafo ______3______

e) Diferentes tipos de memria so necessrios para guardar informaes. pargrafo ______4________

3) Say if these statements are true ( T ) our false ( F ). ( Diga se estas declaraes so verdadeiras ( T ) ou falsas ( F ). )

a) The information is lost when the computer is switched off. (F )

b) Information is held in the memory as bits of electric charge. ( T)

c) We keep information only in the memory of the computer. (T )

d) Computers understand binary code. (T )

e) Memory is the place where the computer keeps information when it is working upon it. (T)

4) Observando o contexto semntico das palavras abaixo, tente ligar as palavras em ingls com suas possveis tradues.

( a ) binary code (d ) ligada ( b ) store ( e) compreende, entende ( c ) keeps (a ) cdigo binrio ( d ) switched on (b ) armazena ( e ) understand (f ) desligada ( f ) switched off (c ) guarda, contm