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Unit Topic Page Unit Topic Page

Introductory IT-related text: Top 10 Trends For Digital

Transformation In 2017

Unit English Everywhere/Digests 1 Unit 6 Language focus 10: Talking about change - Present 103
1 Perfect
Read more: 5 Geek Terms That Are Cooler Than They 14
Sound

Language focus 1: Acronyms 15 Language focus 11: Past Perfect 114

Unit Computer a multifunctional machine 22 Unit 7 Language focus 12: Active or Passive? 118
2 Read more: Business at the Speed of Thought (White 29
paper)

Language focus 2: Prefixes and suffixes 30 Different meanings of the passive 126
Read more: Light Has Been Stored as Sound For The
Language focus 3: Present tenses 33
First Time
Read more: What does it mean to be a digital native? 40

Unit Introduction to computers 41 Unit 8 The Internet and the World Wide Web 134
3 Read more: 5 in 5 Our 2012 Forecast of Inventions 51
that Will Change the World Within Five Years

Language focus 4: Making definitions 52 Language focus 13: Building noun groups 140
Reading and writing: Digital transformation (in
Language focus 5: Numerical expressions 57
Croatian)
Unit Peripherals and storage 63 Unit 9 Electronic communications 144
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Language focus 6: Articles 73 Language focus 14: Nouns and quantity 150

Language focus 7: Comparison and contrast 77

Unit The history of the PC 84 Unit Careers in computing / Job descriptions 155
5 91 10
Read more: Paradigm Shifts in Computing History
Language focus 8: Reporting about past events 92 Language focus 15: Job advertisements 161
Read more: UK Prospects website 165
Language focus 9: Interpreting the ing form 99