Complete the sentences with a proper word

Exercise 1.

Read and memorize the words:

- to communicate

- general purpose

- high level

- comprehensive

- is consided

- problem orientated

- scientific

- to express

- to accept

- commercial

Exercise 2.1

Read and translate the text:

Men use languages in order to communicate with each other. When the man wishes to communicate with the com­puter he uses in the same way "languages" such as BASIC, PASCAL, ADA, FORTRAN, ALGOL, COBOL, PL/m and others.

BASIC is considered to be one of the easiest program­ming languages to learn. It is now used almost universally.

PASCAL is a general purpose high level programming language. It is named after the famous French mathema­tician, Blaise Pascal. In 1642 he designed and built the first mechanical calculator, the "Pascaline".

ADA is a high level programming language. It is a PAS-CAL-based language, but much more comprehensive than PASCAL. It was named after Augusta Ada Byron (1816 — 1852), daughter of the English poet, Lord Byron.

FORTRAN is a problem oriented high level programming language for scientific and mathematical use. FORTRAN was the first high level programming language. It was de­veloped in 1956 and was designed to easily express math­ematical formulas for computer processing. It is still widely used as a programming language.

ALGOL — was developed as an international language for the expression of the algorithms between individuals as well as a programming language. It was introduced in the early 1960s. ALGOL was originally known as IAL or In­ternational Algebraic Language.

COBOL is internationally accepted programming lan­guage developed for general commercial use. The advan­tages of using COBOL are that it is relatively simple to learn and programs can be quickly written and tested. Pro­grammers can easily understand programs not written by themselves.

Exercise 2.2

Answer the questions:

- What programming languages do you know?

- Which is considered to be easiest programming languages ?

- What is Fortran good at?

- What languages will you use if you have to manipulate records or format output reports?

Exercise 2.3

Match the Ukrainian-terms with the English ones.

1. підхід	a) variety
2. система числения	b) types of errors
3. двійкове число	с) approach
4. мови високого рівня	d) number system
5. взаємодіяти	e) binary number
6. виконання	f) high-level languages
7. друкування команд	g) typing of commands
8. десяткова система	h) execution
9. різноманіття	i) to interact
10. типи помилок	j) decimal system

Exercise 2.4

Complete the sentences with a proper word.

producing	run
digital	instructions
high-level	approach

1. A modem (1)_________computer is simply a de­vice that follows instructions.

2. Programming is the process of (2)_________a set of instructions for a computer to make it perform a specific task.

3. The (3)__________or method that is used to solve the problem is known as an algorithm.

4. A computer understands only the (4)____________written in a specific language, called machine lan­guage.

5. Programs written in (5)________ languages have a number of advantages.

6. Computers can (6)__________only programs written in the language that they understand, their individual machine language.