1 Write a predicting

Based on the picture, I predict that I am going to read about the different parts of the computer hardware.

READING 1

The components of memory are all of the components in your computer, such as the CPU, the hard drive
and the operating system, work together as a team, and memory is one of the most essential parts of this
team. It is constantly using memory. The central processing unit is the brain of a computer system, it controls
all the other parts of the computer and does the all the logical operation. It decided what operation will be
performed on data.

Read-only memory is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers. ROM memory stores permanent
information but we cannot put input into it, and we cannot change it because we cannot write it. Data
are stored in it and can be modified slowly with difficulty, or not at all, the computer can only read the
information in ROM. It is a permanent store of instruction telling the computer how to work. It is long term
memory.

You cannot create a simple memory by specifying primitive. Instead, you must specify the primitives and
their attributes, then transform them by specifying where and how you want placing them on the screen so
the pictures are created by them. Transformation means moving or manipulating the object by translating,
rotating and scaling the object. Translation is moving an object along an axis to somewhere else in the
viewing area. Rotating is turning the object around an axis.

2 Write a skimming of the reading

The reading is about the components of a memory, the different types of memory and how is the creation
of memory.

3 Read the text above and answer the questions.

• What does ROM means?

ROM means read-only memory.

• What does EPROM stand for?

• Is ROM a short term memory?

No, ROM is long term memory

• What is the CPU and what is its function?

The CPU is the brain of a computer system and its function is to control all the other parts of the
computer and does the all the logical operations.

(Stand for has the same meaning of means)

Read these Spanish sentences, write the line and the paragraph where you find them in the reading., and
copy them in English.

1) El cerebro de la computadora controla todas las demás partes de la misma computadora. -----
Line 3/4 and paragraph 1

The central processing unit is the brain of a computer system, it controls all the other parts of the
computer.

2) Los datos son almacenados en la computadora

Line 2 and paragraph 2.

Data are stored in it.

3) la rotación hace girar un objeto alrededor de un eje

Line 3/4 paragraph 3

Rotating is turning the object around an axis.