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30PhrasalVerbstoHelpYouWithTechnology

30PhrasalVerbstoHelpYouWithTechnology

PlugInto30DigitalPhrasalVerbs
WelcomebacktoEverydayGrammarfromVOALearningEnglish.
Thisisourthirdepisodeonphrasalverbs.Asyouknow,aphrasalverbisaphrasewithtwoormorewords:a
verbandaprepositionoradverb,orboth.
Todaywelookatverycurrentphrasalverbs:onesusedwithtechnology.Thedigitalagehascreatedmanynew
wordsandphrasesinEnglish.
Theworldoftechnologyisfastchanging,andithasbrokenmanytraditions.Itisnaturalthatthelanguageof
computerswouldalsochangeandbeinformal.
Notonlyisthelanguageoftechnologyfullofphrasalverbs,itisalsofullofnewnouns.Manyofthosenouns
grewoutofphrasalverbs,asyouwilllearninthisepisode.
Gettingstarted
Letsgobackto1969,whenthefirstverbsentovertheInternetwasaphrasalverb:login.Tologinistoentera
code,keyorpasswordtogainaccesstothecomputersabilities.Wehavebeenloggingineversincethen.
Sometimeswesaywehavetosignintoawebpage.
Likenow,westartedacomputerbyhookingupwirecablesandthenpoweringituporturningiton.Some
computerstookalongtimetobootup,orgetreadytorunprograms.
Now,wedonothavetowaitaslong.Toinstallnewapplicationsonthecomputer,usersrunasetupprogram.
Thenweclickontheicon,orimage,foraprogramtorunit.
Afteropeningaprogram,youchoosecommandsfromamenu.Thesemenusarestoredinapulldownordrop
downbarnearthetopofthescreen.
Aclickofthemousethehandhelddevicethatguidesthecursoraroundthecomputerscreenshowsmore
commandsonthebar.Thatbarisoftencalledthenavigationbarornavbar.
Thisleadsustoourfirstnounfromaphrasalverb,pulldown.Whenwegiveinstructionstoafriendaboutusinga
webpage,wecansay,Lookinthenavbarforthepulldownandchooseacommand.
Anotherverbthatdescribesupanddownmovementonthescreenisscrolluporscrolldown.Awheelonthe
mouseallowsyoutoscrolluporscrolldowntoreadawebpage.Wecanclickonanarrowtomovetothenext
screen,too.
Storageandotherproblems
Installingupgradescansometimesdamagefiles.So,usersshouldalwaysbackuptheirfiles.Thatis,copy
filesandfolderstoanotherlocation,likeanexternaldiskdrive.Auserwhostoresmanylargefileswillsoonrun
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outofroomonthecomputer,sokeepingfilesonanextraharddriveisagoodidea.
Thisphrasalverbbecameanoun,too.Expertstellus,Putyourbackupsinasafeplace.
Myparentsusedtoprintouttheiremailsbecausetheywantedtokeepapermanentcopy,andhereisanother
newnoun:aprintout.
Thephrasalverbprintoutisaseparablephrasalverb,liketheoneswetalkedaboutinapreviousepisode.That
meansyoucanputapronounbetweentheverbandpreposition,asinLetmeprintitoutforyou.
Evenwhenweusepasswords,criminalshavelearnedtoenteracomputeroranetworkwithoutpermission.
Theyarehackingintothenetwork.Hackingcanmakecomputersystemsgodown,orstopworking.
Adisastercouldhappenifthehackerwipedout,orerased,alltheinformationonacomputersystem.Thatis
whyyoubackupyoursystem.
Annoyingadvertising
Internetadvertisements,orads,popuponthescreenoverawebpage.Thiscreatedanewnounfromthe
phrasalverb,popup.Peoplesaidtheyneededatooltoblockthoseannoyingads,sothepopupblockerwas
born.Thisfeatureispartofthebrowsersoftware.
Speakingofbrowsers,anotherphrasalverbthatbecameanounisplugin.Youknowthatyoucanplugawire
intothewall.Now,weaddsmallprogramstoperformspecifictasksinthecomputer,andcallthemplugins.
Companiesoftenwillaskforyouremailaddress.Theycreatealargelistofusersfromtheiremailaddresses.
Whenwesignuptouseawebsite,wekeyinournameandemailaddress.
Theorganizationrunninganonlineserviceusuallyasksustooptin,orchoosetoreceiveemailmessages.
Usuallythosemessagesareaskingustobuyproducts.Therearesomanyoftheseemailsnowthatmany
peopletrytofilteroutallmessagesfromadvertisersotherwiseknownasspam.
Gettingoffthegrid
IfyouthinkthattheInternetisfulloftoomanyadvertisements,andyouremailisnothingbutspam,justclickon
themenutoshutdownandturnoffyourdevicesfortheday.Getoffwhatwecalledtheinformation
superhighwayandtakeawalkoutside.Wait!Thereisonefinalphrasalverbtodescribethat:gooffline.
ForLearningEnglishEverydayGrammar,ImJillRobbins.
AndImJohnRussell.

Dr.JillRobbinswrotethisstoryforLearningEnglish.KathleenStruckwastheeditor.

Nowitsyourturn.DoesyourlanguageborrowEnglishphrasalverbsforcomputerterms?Doyouknowanynew
expressionstotalkaboutourdigitallife?WritetousaboutthemintheCommentsSectionoronourFacebook
page.

Hereisalistofthephrasalverbsinthisstory:
PhrasalVerbsforTechnologyandComputers
PhrasalVerb

Meanings

Example

login
signin
signin

v.connecttoacomputerusinga
usernameandpassword
n.pageoractofregisteringpermissionto
useaprogram

Tobegin,logintoyourdesktopsystem.

hookup

toconnectwiresfrommachinestoapower Wouldyoupleasehelpmehookupthe
sourceorothermachines
Internetcable?

powerup
turnon

providepowertoamachine

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Presstheredbuttontopowerupyour
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bootup
startup

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beginrunningacomputersystem
v.toinstallanewcomputerprogramor
assembleacomputersystem
n.theprocessofaddinginformationusing
acomputerprogram

Waitasecond,mycomputerisbooting
up.

Thisapplicationtookalongtimetosetup.

pulldown
pulldown

v.choosefromamenuofoptionsina
computerapplicationextendingdownfrom
theactionbarlikeawindowblind
n.amenuofoptions

Lookforthefilemenuandpulldownto
SaveAs

clickon

moveamouseoveranitemandpressto
select

Clickonthestartmenutobegin.

scrolldown

tomoveslowlytothetoporbottomofa
text

ThenewsstorywassolongIhadtoscroll
downalottoreaditall.

runoutof

exhaustasupplyofsomething

Youwillrunoutofdiskspaceifyousave
copiesofallyouremails.

backup

v.makeanextracopyofafile

backup

n.anextracopyofafile

printout
printout

v.sendanelectronicdocumenttoaprinter IhavetoprintoutthedirectionsbeforeI
leavehome.
n.aprinteddocument

hackinto

enteracomputerornetworkillegally

Someonehackedintomybankandstole
millionsofdollars.

godown

stopoperatingproperly

Icannotsendanyemailsbecausethe
serverwentdown.

wipeout

completelyeraseordeletefiles

Beforeyoudonateyourcomputer,besure
youwipeouttheharddrive.

popup

v.toappearsuddenly
Ifyoudonotwanttoseetheads,turnon
n.anadvertisementthatappearssuddenly
yourpopupblocker.
onacomputerscreen

scrollup

popup
plugin

Besureyoubackupyourfilesbeforeyou
changesystems.

v.insertacordintoanoutletorport
Pluginyourlaptopoverthere.

plugin

n.anadditiontoasoftwareprogramthat
performsacertaintask

signup

registerwithaservice

Shesignedupforanonlinedating
service.

keyin

typeorentercharactersusingakeyboard

Ittakestoomuchtimetokeyinthatlong
password.

optin/out

choosetoreceiveadvertisingormessages

Thecompanyaskedmetooptintoget
specialoffersbyemail.

filterout

removeunwantedemailmessages

Canwefilteroutallthespamonthis
account?

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shutdown

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endasessiononthecomputerbyclosing
anapplicationorremovingpower

Imtired,soImgoingtoshutdownthe
computerfortoday.

tousetheInternet/notusetheInternet

Iwillsendyouthatinformationassoonas
Icangoonline.

powerdown
goonline/offline
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WordsinThisStory

prepositiongrammar.awordorgroupofwordsthatisusedwithanoun,pronoun,ornounphrasetoshow
direction,location,ortime,ortointroduceanobject
adverbgrammar.awordthatdescribesaverb,anadjective,anotheradverb,orasentenceandthatisoften
usedtoshowtime,manner,place,ordegree
informaladj.(oflanguage)relaxedintonenotsuitedforseriousorofficialspeechandwriting
cablen.agroupofwires,glassfibers,etc.,coveredinplasticorrubberandusedtocarryelectricityor
electricalsignal
upgraden.anoccurrenceinwhichonethingisreplacedbysomethingbetter,newer,morevaluable,etc.
browsern.acomputerprogramthatisusedtofindandlookatinformationontheInternet
specificadj.havingaparticularfunctionoreffect
optv.tochoosetodoorbeinvolvedinsomething
filterv.toremove(somethingunwanted)byusingafilter
spamn.emailthatisnotwantedoremailthatissenttolargenumbersofpeopleandthatconsistsmostlyof
advertising

Dictionarywordlookupv2

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