Tecnicatura en Informática Aplicada - Inglés Técnico

Prof. Marianela D'Addario

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THE INTERNET originated in the early 1970s when the United States wanted to make sure that people could communicate after a nuclear war. This needed a free and independent communication network without a centre and it led to a network of computers that could send each other e-mail through cyberspace.
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW) when he discovered a way to jump to different files on his computer using the random, or unplanned, links between them. He then wrote a simple coding system, called HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), to create links to files on any computer connected to the network. This was possible because each file had an individual address, or URL (Uniform Resource Locator). He then used a set of transfer rules, called HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), to link Web files together across the Internet. Berners-Lee also invented the world's first browser. This lets you locate and view Web pages and also navigate from one link to another.
The WWW became available to everyone in 1991 and the number of Internet users grew from 600,000 to 40 million in five years. Today, that number is much larger and there are now many browsers that provide Web pages, information and other services. You can also do research, download music files, play interactive games, shop, talk in chat rooms and send and receive e-mail on the WWW.


1. Buscar en el texto palabras para las siguientes definiciones (no necesariamente las resaltadas).
a. ___________ a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
b. _____________ lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
c. _____________the address of a web page on the world wide web
d. _____________ send from one person or place to another
e. _____________ a program used to view HTML documents
f. _____________ obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
g. ____________ systematic investigation to establish facts

2. Buscar en el texto:
- 5 past regular verbs
- 3 past irregular verbs.
- 2 modal verbs
- 5 adjective + noun examples
- 3 noun+ noun examples

3. Indicar a que parte del texto se refieren los siguientes términos:
a. this (line 4)
b. he (line 9)
c. them (line 11)
d. this (line 15)
e. that (line 25)

4. Responder las siguientes preguntas en español.
a. When did the Internet start?
b. What did Tim Berners-Lee invent?
c. What is the HTML?
d. What can you do with a browser?
e. When did the WWW become available?
f. What can you do today with the WWW?

5. Traducir las siguientes oraciones.
a. The world’s first browser was also invented by Berners-Lee.
b. The United States wanted to make sure that people could communicate after a nuclear war.
c. He used a set of transfer rules, called HTTP, to link web files together across the Internet.
d. Today, that number is much larger.

6. Completar las oraciones con las palabras en negritas.
a. Some people spend too much time playing ________ games on the Internet.
b. You can sometimes have a computer ________ that is not connected to the Internet.
c. It is easy to ________ around a screen with a mouse.
d. Berners-Lee discovered how to ________ between computers in new ways.
e. Some people surf the Internet at ________ just to see what they can find.
f. People use the Internet to ________ information from one place to another.
g. When you surf the Internet, you are travelling in______.