INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
МИНОБРНАУКИ РОССИИ Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Юго-Западный государственный университет» (ЮЗГУ)
Кафедра иностранных языков
Утверждаю Первый проректор – проректор по учебной работе ____________Е.А. Кудряшов «___»_____________2011
Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов 2 курса дневной формы обучения направления «Информационные технологии» (010400.62,090302.65,090900.62,210700.62,230100.62) (Часть 2).
Курск 2011 УДК 802.004(075.8)
Составители: И.В.Атакищева, Е.В. Беседа, В. А. Хмелевская
Рецензент Доцент кафедры иностранных языков Р.В.Попадинец Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов 2 курса дневной формы обучения направления «Информационные технологии» (010400.62,090302.65,090900.62,210700.62,230100.62) Ч. 2 / Юго-Зап. гос. ун-т; сост.: И.В.Атакищева, Е.В. Беседа, В.А.Хмелевская. Курск, 2011. 72с. Основаны на оригинальных текстах с базовой терминологией, служат для обучения навыкам чтения текстов с различными целевыми установками, освоения базовой терминологии на основе грамматических клише, принятия участия в устном общении на английском языке в объеме, предусмотренном программой. Предназначены для студентов 2 курса направления «Информационные технологии» (010400.62,090303.65, 090900.62,210700.62,230100.62).Методические указания соответствуют требованиям программы по данной специальности.
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WHAT IS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? Read and memorize the following words: acquisition — сбор processing — обработка storage — хранение dissemination — распространение hardware — аппаратные средства core services — базовые службы execute — выполнять customers — покупатели installing applications — установка приложений to spread — распространятся Information technology (IT) is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications. The term in its modern sense first appeared in a 1958 article published in the Harvard Business Review, in which authors Leavitt and Whisler commented that "the new technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it information technology (IT)" IT is the area of managing technology and spans wide variety of areas that include but are not limited to things such as processes, computer software, information systems, computer hardware, programming languages, and data constructs. In short, anything that renders data, information or perceived knowledge in any visual format whatsoever, via any multimedia distribution mechanism, is considered part of the domain space known as Information Technology (IT). IT provides businesses with four sets of core services to help execute the business strategy. These four core services are broken into business process automation, providing information, connecting with customers, and productivity tools. IT professionals perform a variety of functions (IT Disciplines / Competencies) that ranges from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and information databases. A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include data management, networking, engineering computer hardware, database and software design, as well as management and administration of entire systems. Information technology is starting to spread further than the conventional personal computer and network technologies, and more into integrations of other technologies such as the use of cell phones, televisions, automobiles, and more, which is increasing the demand for such jobs. In the recent past, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the Association for Computing Machinery have collaborated to form accreditation and curriculum standards for degrees in Information Technology as a distinct field of study as compared to Computer Science and Information Systems today. SIGITE (Special Interest Group for IT Education) is the ACM working group for defining these standards. The Worldwide IT services revenue totaled $763 billion in 2009.
Questions: What is information technology? When did this term(IT) first appear? What does IT provide? What duties may IT professionals perform? Is information technology starting to spread further than the conventional personal computer and network technologies? Why? How much did it cost to revenue the worldwide IT services in 2009?
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