Computer technology has its own special words. One example is the word “mouse”. A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in buildings or open fields. It is a small object that you move around on a flat surface in front of a computer. The mouse moves the pointer on the computer screen. Computer expert (专家) Douglas Engelbart developed the idea of the mouse in the early 1960s. It was called a mouse because it had a tail at one end. The tail was the wire (电线) that connected it to the computer.
Using a computer takes some training. People who are experts are sometimes called hackers. A hacker is usually a person who writes software programs in a special computer language. But the word “hacker” is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from computer systems.
Another well known computer word is Google, spelled g-o-o-g-l-e. It is the name of a popular “search engine(引擎)”for the Internet. People use the search engine to find information about almost any subjects on the Internet. People who started the company named it Google because in mathematics, googol, spelled g-o-o-g-o-l, is an extremely large number. It is the number followed by one hundred zeros.
When you “Google” a subject, you can get a large amount of information about it. Some people like to Google their friends or themselves to see how many times their names appear on the Internet. If you Google someone, you might find that person’s name on a blog. A blog is the shortened name for a Weblog. A blog is a personal Web page. It may have stories, opinions , pictures and links(链接) to other Web sites. Some people add information to their blogs every day. People who have blogs are called bloggers.
Blogs are not the same as spam. Spam is unwanted sales messages sent to your electronic mailbox...
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.A mouse didn’t have a wire at the beginning. |
B.Hackers steal information from computer systems. |
C.Hackers can only write special computer language. |
D.A mouse attracts more people to play computer games. |
The company was named Google mainly because __________.
A.this name was very interesting |
B.there were many zeros in this name |
C.it was very easy to remember this name |
D.it stands for an extremely large number in mathematics |
What would most probably be talked about next?
A.More about the word spam. |
B.More about sales messages. |
C.More about blogs and bloggers. |
D.The use of an electronic mailbox. |
What would be the best title of the passage?
A.Google and Blog. |
B.What’s Google. |
C.Computer Technology. |
D.Special Computer Words. |