Chatting and video conferencing

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a system that allows users to meet in channels (or chat rooms) in order to have a live conversation.

To participate you need to install a chat client, a special type of software, on the computer to connect to the chat server, the computer where the meeting takes place.

Video conferencing systems allow a live connection between two or more participants to exchange audio and video data. The users need a computer with broadband access, a webcam, a microphone and speakers.

Vocabulary:

access['xkses] v.– получить доступ

allow [q'lau] v.- позволять, давать возможность (здесь)

broadband ['br²d"bxnd] – широкополосная сеть

comply [kqm'plaI] v.- подчинять

content ['kPntent] n.– информационное наполнение, содержимое

download ["daun'lqud] v.– загрузить, скачать

enable [In'eIbl] v.– давать возможность

environment [In'vaIrqnmqnt] n.– окружение

hyperlink ['haIpq"lINk] n.– гиперссылка

hypertext ['haIpq"tekst] n.– гипертекст - многоуровневый способ представления информации при помощи связей между документами

interpret [In't´prIt] v.– интерпретировать, переводить

maintain [meIn'teIn] v.– поддерживать

navigate ['nxvIgeI] v.- передвигаться

participant [p±'tIsIpqnt] n.- участник

plug-in [plAg'In] n.– подключаемая программа, программное расширение

search engine [s´C'enGIn] – поисковая система

support [sq'p²t] v.– поддерживать, обеспечивать

universe ['j³nI"v´s] n.– сфера, область, вселенная

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the Wide World Web?

2. Where are web pages stored?

3. What does a client computer use to access and download web pages?

4. How are web pages organized?

5. What do users need to do to find interesting sites?

6. What is the starting point of a website?

7. What helps to create web pages?

8. What is the purpose of the plug-in?

9. What is IRC used for?

10. What is the purpose of video conferencing system?

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