Now the VOA Special English Program, Words and Their Stories. Computer ___________has become a ________ part of people's lives. This technology has its own special words. One example is the word mouse. A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in building and open fields. It is a small ________ that you move around on a plat surface in front of a computer. The mouse moves the pointer or _________ on the computer screen. Computer expert D.A _________ the idea of mouse _____________. The first computer mouse is a block of wood with two metal wheels. It was called a mouse because it has a tail at one end. The tail was the wire that __________ to the computer. Using a computer takes some _________. People who are experts are sometimes called _______. A ________is usually a person who write software program in a special computer language. But the word ________ is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from a computer system. Another well known computer word is google, spelled G-O-O-G-L-E. It's a name of popular search ________ for the internet. People use the search engine to find information about almost any subject on the internet. The people who started the company ________ it google, because in _________ googol is a extremely large number. It is the number, one followed by one hundred zeros. When you google a subject, you can get large ________ of information about it. Some people like to google their friend or themselves to see how many times their names ________ in the internet. If you google someone, you might find that person's name on a blog. A blog is a shorter name for web _______. A blog is a personal webpage. It may _______ stories,________, pictures and links to other web pages. Some people add information to their blogs everyday. People who have blog are called ________. Blogs are not same as spam. Spam is _______ sales messages sent to your ________ mail box. The name ___________ a funny joke many years ago on a British television show M.P's flying *. Some friends are at in eating place that only serves a ________ meat product from United States called spam. Every time the friend try to speak other group of people start to singing the word Spam very loudly. This ___________ the friends' discussion just as unwanted sales messages interfere the _________ on the internet.
Now the VOA Special English Program, Words and Their Stories. Computer technology has become a major part of people's lives. This technology has its own special words. One example is the word mouse. A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in building and open fields. It is a small device that you move around on a plat surface in front of a computer. The mouse moves the pointer or cursor on the computer screen. Computer expert D.A developed the idea of mouse in the 1960s. The first computer mouse is a * block of wood with two metal wheels. It was called a mouse because it has a tail at one end. The tail was the wire that connected to the computer. Using a computer takes some training. People who are experts are sometimes called hackers. A hacher is usually a person who write software program in a special computer language. But the word hacker is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from a computer system. Another well known computer word is google, spelled G-O-O-G-L-E. It's a name of popular search engine for the internet. People use the search engine to find information about almost any subject on the internet. The people who started the company named it google, because in mathematics googol is a extremely large number. It is the number, one followed by one hundred zeros. When you google a subject, you can get large amount of information about it. Some people like to google their friend or themselves to see how many times their names appear in the internet. If you google someone, you might find that person's name on a blog. A blog is a shorter name for web log. A blog is a personal webpage. It may contain stories, comments, pictures and links to other web pages. Some people add information to their blogs everyday. People who have blog are called blogers. Blogs are not same as spam. Spam is unwanted sales messages sent to your electronic mail box. The name is based on a funny joke many years ago on a British television show M.P's flying *. Some friends are at in eating place that only serves a processed meat product from United States called spam. Every time the friend try to speak other group of people start to singing the word Spam very loudly. This interferes with the friends' discussion just as unwanted sales messages interfere the communication on the internet.
