Identification of words

Match the words in the left-hand column with their equiva­lents in the right-hand column, e.g. 3-4. If necessary look up the dictionary.

Taking Computer for Granted

2. Useful expressions

Match the expressions in the left-hand column with their equivalentsin the right-hand column, e.g. 1-3:

3. Phrasal verbs

Make up your own sentences using the phrasal verbs from the list below.

If necessary use the dictionary at the end of this book.

Run on; develop into; process into; fall into; check for; sell along with; sort out; go on; forge into; sift through.

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4. Reading comprehension

Read the text, try to understand the topic, look for the logi­cal sequence of the items and put them in the proper order. The first and the last item are in the right position.

1. An OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system enables you
to input printed documents into your computer automatical­
ly via a scanner.

FineReader is an omnifont optical text recognition system. It means that the system recognizes texts in practically any font without prior training. The process of document input can be di­vided into two stages:

2. The principles of IPA (Integrity, Purposefulness, Adaptivity):

• Integrity - the object of recognition is described as a single entity by a set of basic elements and their interrelations.

• Purposefulness - recognition is a process of generation and purposeful verification of hypotheses.

• Adaptivity - the system ability to learn and be trained.

3. Let's take a closer look at the second of two mentioned above
stages.

FineReader OCR image processing involves analyzing the image file transmitted by the scanner (layout analysis) and re­cognizing each character.

4. These three principles determine the systems behavior. The system generates a hypothesis about object of recogni­tion and then tries to find all the structural elements and their interrelations step by step. Then the program adapts it­self to the text - tunes itself - using the positive experience gained from the first confidently recognized characters. Pur­poseful searching and using context enable the system to recognize even torn and distorted characters.

5. The final result is the recognized text you see in the Fine­Reader Text window, a text you can edit save in any conve­nient format.

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6. These two stages are:

Scanning. During the first stage the scanner acts as the «eye» of your computer; it looks at the image and transfers it into the computer.

Recognition. During the second stage FineRider performs the OCR image processing.

5. Computer terms in use

A. Match the terms in the left-hand column with their definitions in the right-hand column. If necessary consult the dictionary:

UNIT 6

В. Find out Russian equivalents of the computer terms given below. If it's beyond your grasp, give at least Russian ex­planation:

Plug and play - an industry standard that allows comput­er peripherals to be automatically configured by the operating system. Plug and play eliminates the need to manually change jumpers and other hardware settings when installing hardware.

Resource. Window resources include icons, cursors, me­nus, bitmaps, fonts, etc. The resources used by an application are either part of the system, or private resources stored in the applications program file.

Icon - a small image on a display screen that, in conjunction with a mouse, select and executes program functions.

Menu - a list of options from which a user can chose, or a list of programs that a user can access.

Bitmap - in graphic technology, when a portion of the cus­tomer's memory is used for storing graphics.

Assembly language - machine language that has had some of the numbers replaced by somewhat easier to remember mne­monics in an attempt to make it more human-readable. The pro­gram that converts assembly language to machine language is called an assembler.

Program - a series of instructions for a computer, telling it what to do or how to behave.

Running - a program is how it's made to do smth. The term «execute» means the same thing.

Graphics - anything visually displayed on a computer that is not text.

Browse - to look through a list on a computer system.

Character - a letter, number, punctuation mark etc.

Emulator - a program that allows one computer platform to mimic another for the purposes of running its software.

Desktop publisher - a program for creating newspapers, magazines, books etc. e.g. Frame Maker, Page Maker, InDesign, GeoPublish.

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