Professional English in use : ICT / Elena Marco Fabré, Santiago Remacha Esteras.

Includes index.

"Intermediate to advanced".

Includes exercises with answers.

Thanks -- Introduction -- Learning vocabulary: tips and techniques -- Guessing meaning from context -- Organizing vocabulary -- Using a dictionary -- Topics -- Living with computers -- Computers, friend......Or foe? -- Things we can do on the computer -- A typical PC -- Computer essentials -- Part s. Of a computer -- Functions of a PC: input, processing, output, storage -- Types of computer systems -- A From mainframes to wearable computers -- Input devices: type, click and talk! -- Interacting with your computer -- The keyboard -- The mouse -- Voice input -- Input devices: the eyes of your PC -- Scanners -- Digital cameras -- Digital video cameras and webcams -- Output devices: printers -- Technical details -- Types of printers -- Output devices: display screens -- CRTs and LCDs -- Big screens: plasma and projection TVs -- Processing -- The processor -- RAM and ROMUnits of memory -- Disks and drives -- Magnetic storage -- Optical storage -- Removable flash memory -- Health and safety -- Computer ergonomics -- Electronic rubbish -- The risks of using mobiles and in-car computers -- Operating systems and the GUI -- Types of software -- The operating system (OS)The Graphical User Interface -- System utilities -- Word processing -- WP features -- Spreadsheets and databases -- Spreadsheet basics -- Part s. Of a database -- Graphics and design -- Types of graphics software -- Multimedia -- A multimedia system -- Recognizing file formats -- Applications -- Sound and music -- Audio files on the Web -- Digital audio players -- Other audio applications -- Programming -- Programming languages -- Steps in writing a program -- Computers and work -- Jobs in computing -- Computers and jobs: new ways, new profiles -- ICT systems -- ICT systems: components and functions -- Types of systems -- Types of devices and services -- Networks -- LANs (Local Area Networks) -- Network topology -- WANs (Wide Area Networks) -- Faces of the Internet -- What the Internet is -- Getting connected -- Components of the Internet -- Email -- What an email is -- Anatomy of an email -- Spam -- Mailing lists and newsgroups -- The World Wide Web -- What the Web is -- How to surf the Web -- What you can do on the Web -- Design -- HTMLBasic elements -- Video, animations and sound -- Chatting and video conferencing -- IRC and web chat -- Instant messaging -- Video and voice calls -- Virtual worlds -- Internet security -- Internet crime -- Malware: viruses, worms, trojans and spyware -- Preventative tips -- E-commerce -- Elements of e-commerce -- How to buy on the Internet -- Types of e-businesses -- Online banking -- Online banking basics -- Online banking services -- Online security -- Mobile phones -- Mobile phones: definition and technology -- A brief history -- Features and functions -- Robots, androids, AI -- Robots and automata -- Uses for robots -- Artificial Intelligence -- Intelligent homes -- Domotics -- Control devices and networking -- Automatic operations -- Future trends -- Smaller and faster -- Computers everywhere: human-centred technologies -- Word Building -- Prefixes -- Common prefixes -- Verb prefixes -- The prefixes e- and cyber-Suffixes -- Common suffixes -- Word families -- We love 'wares'Compounds -- Compound nouns -- Compound adjectives -- Collocations -- What a collocation is -- Some types of collocations -- Typical Language Functions in ICT English -- Defining and classifying -- Describing function -- Classifying from general to specific -- Classifying from specific to general -- Qualifying and comparing -- Choosing a computer -- Comparing qualities -- Describing technical processes -- A technical process: how Vo -- IP works -- The use of the passive -- Sequencing a process -- Troubleshooting -- Troubleshooting and help desks -- Describing the problem -- Making guesses and giving advice.

Covers a wide range of topics on Information Communication Technology, and is suitable for intermediate to advanced level learners of English.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.