Task 12. Match the terms in Table A with the statements in Table B.

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Table A	Table B
a) Big Blue b) Areal density c) Moore’s Law d) Superparamagnetism e) Terabit f) AFM g) Angstrom	a) Atomic force microscopy b) The approximate radius of an atom c) IBM d) The data capacity of storage device measured in bits per square inch e) Prediction that the number of transistors that can be incorporated into a processor chip will double every 18 months f) A phenomenon that threatens to make densely packed bits unstable in magnetic storage devices g) One thousand gigabits

Task 13. Mark the following statements as True or Flase:

a) The development of AFM is more advanced than holographic storage.

b) The predicted maximum storage density of AFM is 400 gigabits per square inch.

c) Holography works in 3D.

d) Univac I was the first computer to use tape storage devices.

e) Users want higher capacity storage devices than technology can provide.

Task 14. Read the summary below and write the best word or number in each blank, using the information from the passage:

Have you ever thought of putting your life story in a device the size of a sugar cube? Currie Mune, director of IBM’s Advanced HDD Technology storage systems Division, has one avowed goal: build bigger (1_______________Mune discovered that magnetic recording technology can last 5 to 10 years before people suffer from (2) _________________threatening to make densely-packed bits unstable.(3) _________________________superparamagnetic corruption, scientists speculate that theoretical limit for discrete bit recording is 10 terabits. AFM and holographic storage are assumed to be two possible contenders approaching this (4)___________________ . AFM, still in the lab, would use a spinning plastic disk allowing (5)_____________________ of 300 to (6)__________________ gigabits per square inch. Holographic storage, closer to reality, targets at 51/4 inch disk with 125 GB of storage and 140 MB-per-second transfer rate. The (7)_______________ nature of holography makes it appealing storage medium. Its fast access rate and transfer times give rise to improved network searchers,…Also-ran technologies, such as (8)_____________________________ tapes, recordable optical disks CD-ROMs and DVDs, solid state options like flash cards remain the dominant high- capacity removable storage (9)_________________ for the next decade. In short, consumer demand sometimes lags behind what TECHNOLOGY deliver. Scientists still long for the prospect of data manipulation and storage on an (10) _______________________________level.

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