Text 1. DATA PROCESSING AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS Exercise 3. Review the text again. Answer the questions using

Text 1. DATA PROCESSING AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS Exercise 3. Review the text again. Answer the questions using the information from text 1. 1. What does processing involve? 2. What is the definition of data processing? 3. What is meant by the term data processing system? 4. What are the fundamental operations included in a data processing system? 5. How would you define inputting/storing/outputting information? 6. How do you interpret the concept of resources? 7. How did ancient Egyptians convert facts into useful information? 8. When did the development of mechanical aids for computation occur? 9. What does data storage hierarchy refer to? 10. What are the primary groupings in any data storage hierarchy? Exercise 4. Find the English equivalents for the following word combinations. Information processing systems; definition of data processing; set of facts; sequence of actions; conversion of input data into useful information; include resources; complete data processing; provide input to the computer; printer tapes; consume in large quantities; allocate computer equipment; require modern life phenomena; during prehistoric times; transform information into expressions; record ebb and flow; forecast grain crop yields; mechanical aids for computation; data input; data storage; initial data processing; additional processing; output of useful information; printed message; visual display; sequence of memorizing information; recorded language symbols; pieces of information; database; set of interconnected files. Exercise 5. Translate the following noun chains. Data resources; storage resources; network resources; security resources; system resources. Communication facilities; database facilities; display facilities; management facilities. Distance control; device control; keyboard control; position control; program control. Computer storage; laser storage; file storage; disk storage; data storage hierarchy. Character sequence; instruction sequence; message sequence; pulse sequence. Batch file; catalog file; data file; help file; input file; output file; menu file; user file. Command input; data input; disk input; file input; keyboard input; program input. Exercise 7. Analyse the impersonal forms of the verb and translate the sentences correctly. 1. The processing of data is performed to convert them into useful information. 2. We use the term data processing to encompass the resources used for the processing of information. 3. The resources needed to carry out data processing are referred to as data processing systems. 4. Processing involves a series of operations that convert inputs into outputs. 5. Facilities are required to accommodate the computer equipment. 6. Egyptians utilized the information to predict crop yields. 7. Information that is to be input into the computer for processing must be encoded as ones and zeroes. 8. Processing entails operations on data to transform them into useful information. 9. The initial machines designed to manipulate punched card data were widely utilized for business data processing. 10. Hollerith constructed one machine for punching the holes and another for tabulating the gathered data.