Vocabulary

Sort out the words into 2 columns - international words and false friends. HELP
theory machine discipline prestigious principal complex mechanical logic intelligent data code position electromagnetic manipulate equivalent application fundamental conductor terminology idea
International
False friends
 
    
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Click on/highlight the stressed syllable in the following words:
 a)  analyzer – analysis – analyst – analytic
 b)  theory – theorist – theorize – theoretical
 c)  mathematical – mathematics – mathematician
 d)  symbolic – symbol – symbolize
 e)  science – scientist – scientific
    
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Write the word next to each transcription:
[ˏmæθəməʹtɪʃn]
 [ɪʹkweɪʒn]
[ʹfɪzɪsɪst]
 [rɪˏlaɪəʹbɪləti]
[ʹprəʋses]
 [ˏθɜ:məʋdaɪʹnæmɪks]
[ˏsaɪənʹtɪfɪk]
 [ʹentrəpi]
[ʹri:leɪ]
 [ʹbaɪnəri  ʹdɪdʒɪt]
[ʹθɪərɪ]
 [ˏɑ:tɪʹfɪʃl]
    
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Match the words with their definitions.
  1. 
electrically operated switch
  2. 
process of writing and testing programs for computers
  3. 
algorithm for expressing a sequence of numbers so that any errors which are introduced can be detected and corrected based on the remaining numbers
  4. 
any of a class of devices capable of solving problems by processing information in discrete form
  5. 
any of a class of devices in which continuously variable physical quantities represented in a way analogous to the corresponding quantities in the problem to be solved
  6. 
discipline that deals with the processes of storing and transferring information
  7. 
unit of information equivalent to the result of a choice between only two possible alternatives, as between 1 and 0
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science concerned with the study of systems of any nature which are capable of receiving, storing, and processing information so as to use it for control
  9. 
collection of communications networks with the capability of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole
10. 
mathematical representation of the conditions and parameters affecting the transmission and processing of information
11. 
science of information security
12. 
tiny complex of electronic components and their connections that is produced on a small slice of material
13. 
ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings
14. 
the degree of disorder or uncertainty in a system
    
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Look back in the text and find words that have a similar meaning to:
1.receivedpara 1
2.carrying outpara 2
3.finallypara 2
4.suggestedpara 2
5.responsible forpara 3
6.new and not yet usedpara 6
7.importancepara 6
8.spherepara 8
9.a great number ofpara 11
    
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Match the words from A with the words from B to make the word combinations as they were used in the text.

A

B

to coin
to become
binary
to lay
spectrum
to emulate
to form
to set
artificial
to put forth
the basis theories the term a cornerstone operation at the core of areas intelligence the stage digit
 
    
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Complete the sentences with prepositions
a)
Shannon graduated    Michigan University with degrees in two disciplines.
b)
He was charged    very important task.
c)
The word "bit" is comprised    the first two and the last letter of "binary digit".
d)
The concept of "binary digit" lay    the core of his theories.
e)
Shannon and Turing were interested    the possibility of building "intelligent machines".
f)
Soon his original ideas were picked  , extended and complemented    related ideas.
g)
His research resulted    the paper called "A mathematical theory of communication".
    
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