4º term vocabulary

4º term vocabulary

1. Technology

   • cable
     • a set of wires, covered by plastic, that carries electricity,phone signals, etc
   • CD -ROM
   • DVD - ROM
   • external hard drive
   • key
     • a piece of metal that has been cut into a special shape and is used for opening or closing a lock, starting a car engine, etc.
   • memory stick
     • a brand name for a small piece of equipment that you connect to acomputer or other piece of electronic equipment to copy and storeinformation
   • monitor
     • a computer screen or a device with a screen on which words orpictures can be shown
   • mouse
     • a small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a long tail
   • printer
     • a machine that is connected to a computer and prints onto paperusing ink
   • screen
     •  a flat surface in a cinema, on a television, or as part of acomputer, on which pictures or words are shown
   • USB port
     • a part of a computer to whichextra devices such as printers, scanners, and digital cameras can beconnected easily

2. Science

   • Invention
     • something that has never been made before, or the process ofcreating something that has never been made before
   • discovery
     • the process of finding information, a place, or an object,especially for the first time, or the thing that is found
   • Theory
   • laboratory
     • a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new)information or reach a (new) understanding:
   • experiment
     • a test done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or is true
   • research
     • a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new)information or reach a (new) understanding:

3. Collocations

   • a memory stick
     • a brand name for a small piece of equipment that you connect to acomputer or other piece of electronic equipment to copy and storeinformation
   • a theory
     • a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study isbased or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion or explanation
   • an experiment
     • a test done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or is true
   • research
     • a detailed study of a subject,specially in order to discover (new)information or reach a (new) understanding
   • software
     • the instructions that control what a computer does; computerprograms

4. Phrasal verbs

   • go off
     • If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working
   • make off
     • to leave quickly, usually in order to escape
   • take off
     • If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground andbegins to fly
   • put off
     •  to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later timeor date
   • turn off
     • Switch off
   • call off
     • to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will nothappen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful orpossible