FTP and Telnet

With FTP software you can copy programs, games, images and sounds from the hard disk of a remote computer to your hard disk. Today this utility is built into Web browsers.

A Telnet program is used to log directly into remote computer systems. This enables you to run programs kept on them and edit files directly.

Newsgroups

Newsgroups are the public discussion areas which make up a system called ‘Usenet’. The contents of the newsgroups are contributed by people who send articles (messages) or respond to articles. They are classified into categories: comp (computers), misc (miscellaneous), news (news), rec (recreation), soc (society), scl (science), talk and alt (alternative).

Read the text.

Pick up the key words.

Divide the text into logical parts.

Make up an outline of the text.

Find the main idea in each part of the text.

Express the main idea of each part in one sentence.

Find supporting details in each part of the text.

Compress the text excluding the supporting details.

Express the main idea of the text in one sentence.

10. Write an annotation/a summary of the text using words and word combinations from your active vocabulary and sample summaries.