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The Internet by David
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Contextual verbs
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| GENERAL VERB |
SYNONYMS |
CATALAN |
SPANISH |
| move |
download, navigate, transfer |
moure |
mover |
| find |
discover, locate |
descobrir |
descubrir |
| join |
connect, link |
unir |
unir |
| look at |
browse, surf, view |
mirar |
mirar |
| make |
originate, create, invent |
fer |
hacer |
| start |
originate, create, invent |
començar |
empezar |
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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 World Wide Web (WW) 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 address, 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 receive e-mail on the WWW.
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Referential Words
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| Reference word |
It refers to: |
| This |
The United States wanted to make sure that people could communicate after a nuclear war. |
| Them |
Different files. |
| This |
Create links to files on any computer connected to the network. |
| This |
First browser
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| That number |
Only 40 million people
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Simple Past
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Regular Verbs
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| Verb Form (Base Form + Past Form) |
Catalan |
Spanish |
originate -> originated
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originar |
originar
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want -> wanted
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voler |
querer
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need -> needed
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necessitar |
necesitar
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invent -> invented
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inventar
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inventar
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discover -> discovered
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descobrir
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descubrir
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use -> used
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utilitzar
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utilizar
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Irregular Verbs
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| Verb Form (Base Form + Past Form + Participle) |
Catalan |
Spanish |
| be -> was |
ser |
ser |
| write -> wrote |
escriure |
escribir |
| become -> became |
convertir-se |
convertirse |
| grow -> grew |
creixer |
crecer |
| can -> could |
poder |
poder |
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Acronyms and abbreviations
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| ACRONYM / ABBREVIATION |
FULL FORM / MEANING |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| CPU |
central processing unit |
| DNS |
Domain Name System |
| DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HTMP |
Hyperbolic Topographic Mapping for Proximity Data |
| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| LED |
Light-Emitting Diode |
| MMORPG |
massively multiplayer online role-playing game |
| OCR |
Optical character recognition |
| PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
| SIMM |
Single In-line Memory Module |
| USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WML |
Wireless Markup Language |
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Chat and SMS Lingo
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| ACRONYM / ABBREVIATION |
FULL FORM / MEANING |
 CUL8R |
See You Later |
 LTNS |
Long time no see
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 KIT |
Keep in touch |
 OMG |
Oh My God! |
 ROFL |
Rolling On the Floor Laughing |
 WTF |
What the F*ck?
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| BBQ |
Barbecue |
 LMAO |
Laughing my ass off |
 F2F |
Face To Face |
 IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
 THX |
Thanks |
 4EVER |
Forever |
 WOMBAT |
Waste of money, brains and time |
 GR82CU |
Greater To See You |
 URR |
Are you ready
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 26Y4U |
Too Sexy For You |
 BC |
Because |
 XOXOXO |
Hugs and kisses |
 4GM |
Forgive me |
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03/02/09 - David García
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