SECTION 1: HARDWARE 1.12 Data storage CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY

FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SECTION 1: HARDWARE

1.12 Data storage

burn capacity card drawer eject free space hard drive stick 1 The data and applications on your computer are stored on the _______________. To run this application you need at least 50MB of _______________ on your hard drive. My computer's hard drive has a _______________ of 120GB. Do you like this CD? I can _______________ you a copy if you want. The opposite of "Insert the DVD" is "_______________ the DVD". I can't eject the CD. I think the _______________'s stuck. Digital cameras usually store pictures on a memory _______________ or a memory 2 3 4 5 6 7 Which do you think is the best solution for each problem? (More than one solution is possible for some of problems.) 1 I want to make a copy of a music CD. a You need an external hard drive. 2 I want to store some files. I may need to update them in the future. b Use a CD-R. 3 I want to back up data from my computer. I want to update it every day. c Try a USB flash drive. 4 My computer's having problems with reading and writing CDs. d Perhaps you need a new internal CD drive. 5 I want to add 100MB of extra storage to my computer. e Put them on a CD-RW. 6 I want to send a copy of a small file to a friend. He has an old computer. f Perhaps you need to defragment the hard drive. 7 My computer's running slowly. g You could put it on a floppy disk.

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1.12 Data storage Part 1: 1 hard drive, 2 free space, 3 capacity, 4 burn, 5 eject, 6 drawer, 7 card / stick Part 2: 2 e, 3 c, 4 d, 5 a, 6 g, 7 f