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The Internet by ADRIAN
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Contextual verbs
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GENERAL VERBS
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SYNONYMS |
CATALAN |
SPANISH |
| move |
download,upload,navigate,surf,transfer |
moure,baixar,pujar,navega,surfetjar,transferir |
mover,bajar,subir,navegar,surfear,transferir
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| make |
create,originate,invert |
crear,originar,invertir
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crear,originar,invertir
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| join |
Connect,link,add |
Conectar,enllaçar,afegir
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Conectar,enlazar,añadirse
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look at
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surf,browse,view |
Surfetjar,visió
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Surfear,visión
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| find |
discover,locate,catch |
encontrar,descobrir,localitzar,atrapar
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encontrar,descubrir,localizar,atrapar
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Reference Words and Past Tense
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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 Wolrd 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 adress, 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 recive e-mails on te WWW.
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Referential Words
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| Reference word |
It refers to: |
| This |
When the Unit States wanted to make sure that people could communicate after a nuclear war. |
| Them |
files |
| This |
create links to files in any computer |
| This |
first browser |
| That number |
only 40 million people |
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Simple Past
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Regular verbs
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Base Form
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Catalan |
Spanish |
| Originate / Originated |
Crear |
Crear |
Want / Wanted
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desitjat,solicitat |
DESEAR,QUERER |
Invent / Invented
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InventaR |
INVENTAR |
Discover / Discovered
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DESCOBRIR |
DESCUBRIR |
Use / Used
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UsaR |
USAR |
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Irregular Verbs
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| Base Form |
Catalan |
Spanish |
| Can/Could/Could |
Poder |
Poder |
| lead/led/led |
Portar |
Llevar |
| Write/wrote/written |
Escriure |
Escribir |
| Be/was/Been |
ser,estar |
ser,estar |
| become/became/become |
Arribar a ser |
Llegar a ser |
| grow/grew/grown |
Creixer |
Crecer |
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Acronyms and abbreviations
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| ACRONYM / ABBREVIATION |
FULL FORM / MEANING |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code For Information Interchange
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| CPU |
Central Processing Unit
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| DNS |
Domain Name System
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| DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc
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| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol
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| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HTMP |
Hypertext Mail Protocol
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| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| LED |
Light-Emitting Diode
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| MMORPG |
massively multiplayer online role-playing games |
| ORC |
Online Roleplaying Client
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| PIN |
Personal Identification Number
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| SIMM |
Single In-line Memory Module |
| USB |
Universal Serial Bus
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| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WML |
Wireless Markup Language
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| LAN |
Local Area Network
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| CD |
Compact Disc |
| FAT |
File Allocation Table |
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Chat and SMS Lingo
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03/02/09 - Adrian Galende
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