1. Подберите вместо пропуска подходящее по смыслу слово. 1. British scientists invented а way of multiplying and dividing. a) mechanical; b) electrical; c) optical 2. A new branch of mathematics, , was invented in England and Germany independently. a) mechanics; b) arithmetics; c) calculus 3. A young American clerk invented a means of co d in g by punched cards. a) letters; b) data; c) numbers 4. Soon punched cards were replaced b y terminals. a) printer; b) scanner; c) keyboard 5. Mark I was the first computer that could solve mathematical problems. a) analog; b) digital; c) mechanical 6. J. von Neumann simplified his computer by storing information in a code. a) analytical; b) numerical; c) binary 7. Vacuum tubes could control an d electric signals. a) calculate; b) amplify; c) generate 8. The first-generation computers w ere and often burned out. a) uncomfortable; b) uncommunicative; c) unreliable 9. Computers of the second generation u sed , which reduced computational time greatly. a) transistors; b) integrated circuits; c) vacuum tubes 10. Due to the development of the fourth-generation computers became possible. a) microelectronics; b) miniaturization; c) microminiaturization