Computer and IT

Put the words into the spaces

chips, dual core, megabytes, megahertz, motherboard, processor,  speed,  upgraded

The "brain" of a computer is the           . Most of these are made by Intel and AMD, and are sometimes referred to as "       ". The fastest processors are           , which means that there are two processors working together. The       of a processor is measured in           , which is usually written as MHz. A computer's memory is measured in           . If a computer has 1,024 megabytes of memory, and the memory type is SDRAM, this is written as 1,024 MB SDRAM, and is pronounced "a thousand and twenty-four megabytes ess-dee-dram". The processor and memory modules are located on the             .  Changing a computer's processor is not generally practical, but the memory can usually be          .

Choose the correct word to fill the space

Turn on your computer. It will usually take a few minutes to __________.

Windows XP, Macintosh OSX and Linux are __________.

On my computer, I have a picture of my cat as the __________.

Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat and CorelDraw are programs or __________.

To open Microsoft Word, click on the __________.

Is it possible to open Microsoft Excel __________ in Word?

Match the words on the left with the words on the right

Choose the correct preposition

The operating system    [in, on] my computer doesn't support the latest version      [of, from] this application.

My computer says it hasn't got enough memory     [for, to] run this program.

I think there's a bug        [in, inside] this software.

There doesn't seem to be an icon for the program    [in, on]the desktop.

I can't use this program. It's all      [in, with] French!

I can't get the driver for my new printer    [to, at] work.