Tecnology vocabulary

1. The role of Technology in today´s world : Controversial issues ENGLISH C1
Before we deal with “digital privacy” as your book suggests for unit 3 we
will briefly discuss how technology is reshaping the way we live and
interact with others, particularly the young. It is also changing the way our
economies work or the way jobs are created. There are benefits from
technical progress - but there are great dangers as well we have to be on
the look-out for.
READING-SPEAKING Read the following extracts taken from recent articles
and opinion posts on technology and how it´s affecting our lives, homes,
jobs or even learning techniques. Then, voice your opinion.
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN DO BETTER..
"Choose something you're wonderful at, whatever it is, and figure out how a computer can help you do it
better."
KIDS AND SMARTPHONES… two opinions
“I just wonder how having a cell phone makes kids safer. Unless
you have an app that tells you where they are, they can lie. How in
the world did people who were all grown up before 2000 cope and
actually survive without a cell phone? “
“Parents simply have to say no when they plea "everyone else
has one". Times may have changed, but parenting hasn't. We're
still the parents. And it's our job to say “no, not yet”
SMARTPHONES IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT HOME
“Can youngsters be trusted not to text during class, disturb others with their conversations, and to use
the text, photo, and video functions responsibly (and not to embarrass or harass others)?
Are you afraid your kids might be sitting home alone, and becoming pasty white and never talking face to
face to anyone?”
TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM, AS A LEARNING TOOL
“Technology use is becoming commonplace in schools and it can be used to engage students in ways that
other tools cannot. Many lessons that employ technology have helped students become excited and
engaged about learning.”
TECHNOLOGY MAY BE CHANGING OUR BRAIN (Susan Grienfield, Neuroscientist)
“Technology could reshape how we interact with each other, alter what makes us happy, and modify our
capacity for reaching our full potential as individuals.
Our brains are also under the influence of an ever- expanding world of new technology: multichannel
television, video games, MP3 players, the internet, wireless networks, Bluetooth links - the list goes on
and on. Some may be harmful in some aspects while others have been proved beneficial: Take the new
generation of "brain-training" computer games, for instance; they help the little grey cells in our brain
stay active for longer.”
TECHNOLOGY : WHERE IS THE REVOLUTION?
"The technology is not the revolution. The revolution is in human awareness and aliveness. It's our
relationship with one another that's undergoing transformation. Computers, microcomputers, fiber optic
systems, telephones, TV, satellites, will deliver news and information to your home or even simply, to
you, wherever you are. Therefore,things speed up, and when they do, you need more responsibility.

2. APPLE OR SAMSUNG? S.Pai ( Technology consultant)
“I had dinner last week with a couple of old friends of mine. At the restaurant, I
pulled out my shiny new Samsung phone, which I have bought after many years
of being an iPhone user. Being significantly more tech-savvy than I, my teenage
son had convinced me that it was a better phone.
Whether you own one or the other, you should know the software that
underpins both is owned by Google and Apple, which are both American”
What do you think matters most when buying a smartphone today?
TECHNOLOGY IN THE HOME
Cool gadgets aren´t simply adorning every home, they have
changed people’s lifestyle and they provide quick solutions to
everyday problems.
Examples: Robot vacuum cleaners (they have the capability to
automatically empty its dust bin together with different modes for
cleaning all types of flooring) Air purifiers (that help maintain
appropriate humidity in the room) and, of course, the Thermomix, the
multifunction kitchen appliance that will simplify the way you cook.
In addition to performing a wide variety of culinary tasks, the
Thermomix is designed for multilevel cooking.
DRIVERLESS CARS S.Pai ( Technology consultant)
“Driverless cars as they are envisaged today still require the
presence of a driver to step in to steer should things go wrong, -
because they can actually go horribly wrong.
However, I foresee a future where driverless cars will compete across racing tracks as they do now, but
likely piloted remotely by their drivers (hence the human element), much like drones are piloted today
by men”
FOR BETTER SERVING THE SICK
Technology will continue to help medical workers to access and store
images ( including X-rays, computerized tomography and magnetic-
resonance-imaging scans.) Doctors will locate and use vast amounts of
data but, in the end, it will take the knowledge of a skilled practitioner to
cognitively organise this ‘data mess’ and accurately diagnose a disease.
While there is no doubt that technology can assist doctors with pattern
recognition, a good doctor seldom thinks like a computer. His or her
intelligence needs to be multifaceted when it comes to making a diagnosis . Finally, there is also the need
for human interaction. A good bedside manner is key to being a trusted doctor.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The Economist, in a recent article says that it is not just programmers who will lose jobs to Artificial
Intelligence AI, but also pilots, machinists and others. You may want to ask yourself whether technology
can put you out of your job or not and start making decisions now.
It seems clear that future professionals will have to learn new skills to shift into the AI-enabled economy,
just as artisans did two centuries ago to shift into the industrial age.
CAN EVERYONE BENEFIT FROM TECHNOLOGY?
It is time for us to start thinking of ways where the benefits of technology improvements can be more
equitably distributed, just like advances in medicine are. The time might be right for a UN-sponsored
body to manage this, much like the World Health Organization does for health.

3. The app store phenomenon,
centered on smartphones and
tablets, has been the biggest story in
software for the past five years. Its
next logical destination: the living
room, via smart TVs and set-top
boxes connected to the
Internet. Smart TV apps would
represent yet another threat to the
struggling pay TV industry. In a new
report, BI Intelligence looks at the
data and trends behind the TV app
market, explains why it's still nascent and messy, and why significant growth seems inevitable.
From http://www.businessinsider.com/the-smart-tv-app-revolution-2013-10
The best platforms ensure they never get in the way of you and your content - these are still TVs after all,
not giant wall-mounted tablets. Where once it was about how many apps you had, the Internet connected
television is now just as much about what OS ( operating system) is being used.
1. Sony: Android TV
It's official; Sony has the best smart TV platform for 2016 but Sony is not alone in hoping that half the
world will still want to go Google in the living room.( Sharp and Philips have joined Sony in embracing
the Android TV OS from Google)
Unlike other new smart TV platforms, Android TV services are not built around icons along the bottom of
the screen. Press the Home button on the remote and up pops a full-screen page that's dominated by a
carousel of videos from YouTube and from Google Video. Scan down and there's a row of Sony Select
services (a mix of the main apps, such as Netflix and Amazon Instant), links to the Google Play Store,
Google Play Music, Google Play Movies and TV, YouTube, Netflix and many more besides.
Sony Android TVs are also unique in having some serious storage; 16GB is the default for 2016, which is
far more than most smart TVs.
The runner-ups…..2. Panasonic: Firefox OS 3. Samsung: Smart Hub and Tizen OS 4. LG: WebOS 5. TCL,
Sharp, Hisense, Haier: Roku TV Complete article http://www.techradar.com/news/television/6-best-
smart-tv-platforms-in-the-world-today-1120795/5

4. TECHNOLOGY AND THE DIGITAL WORLD : VOCABULARY ENGLISH B2
A) Access, Account, Activity, Administrative, Advantage, Advertisements, Animate, Applications, Art,
Attachment, Audience
B) Back up, Bandwidth, Banner, Basics, Benefit, Blog, Blue tooth, Bookmarks, Boot up, Broadband,
Browser, Bugs, Bytes
C) CAD, CAM, Camcorder, Camera, Capabilities, Capacity, Capture, Careers, CD, Cellular phone,
Challenges, Chips, Click, Clip art, Codes, Compilation, Complex, Computer, Concerns, Connection,
Connectivity, Cookies, Copyright, Crash, Curriculum, Cursor, Cyberspace
D) Daemon, Data, Database, Debug, Decipher, Default, Delivery, Dependency, Design, Designation,
Desktop, Develop, Digital, Direction, Disadvantage, Disk, Display, Distance learning, Domain name,
Download, Drag, Drive
E) E-mail, Edit, Educate, Effective, Efficiency, Efficient, Electronic, Electronics, Elements, Emerging,
Encapsulate, Engage, Enhancement, Enrichment, Escape, Ethernet, Evaluate, Exact, Execute, Exemplary,
Explore, Exposure
F) Face Book, Fax, Fiber optic, Field, File, Film, Firewalls, Flexibility, Floppy disk, Focus, Font, Format,
Freeware, Function key
G) Geek Squad, Generate, GIF, Gradual, Graphics, Grid
H) Hackers, Hand-held, Hard disk, Hard drive, Hardware, Help desk, History, Hits, Home page, Host,
House, Hypertext
I) Icons, Infiltrate, Information, Informative, Innovation, Innovative, Input, Instant messaging, Instruction,
Integrate, Interface, Internet, Intranet, Investigate, Involve, IPAD, Issues
J) Job, Join, Journalism, Journalist, Joystick, JPEG, Junk mail
K) Keep track of, Keyboard, Keypad, Keyword, Kind, Knowledge
L)Landscape, Laptop, Laser, Layout, Learning, Link, Listserv, Literate, Load, Log in, Log off
M) Mainframe, Market, Material, Matrix, Measurement, Media, Media specialist, Megabyte, Memory,
Message, Method, Misuse, Modem, Monitor, Mouse, Movie, Multi-tasking
N) Navigate, Networks, New, Newsgroup, Newspaper
O) Obsession, Off-line, On line, Operate, Operating system, Operation, Opportunity, Opt out, Option,
Output, Overall, Overhead
P) Password, Performance, Personal, Phishing, Photography, Pixel, Popularity, Positive, Printer, Privacy,
Problems, Processor, Product, Program, Programmer, Project, Projector, Promote, Protocol, Public
domain, Purge
Q) Quality, Quantity, Query, Questions, Queue, Quick

5. R)Radio, Random, Ranking, Rate, Record, Refer, Reference, Registry, Regulate, Relevancy, Remote,
Repair, Reproduce, Research, Reserve, Resolution, Resource, Retrieval, Return to sender, Revenue,
Review, Rom
S)Safety, Satellite, Save, Scan, Screen, Screen saver, Script, Search, Search engine, Security, Select, Share,
Skills, Software, Source, Spam, Speed, Spy-ware, Statistics, Store, Support, Surf, Symbol, System
T)Tech, Technology, Technophobic, Telecommunication, Telemarketer, Telephone, Television, Terminal,
Terms, Tools, Topic, Trackball, Trivia
U)U Tube, Uncover, Understanding, Unusual, Update, Upload, User ID, User name, User-friendly, Usual
V)Value, Variety, Various, Video, Video conference, Virtual, Virus, Vision, Visual
W)Warranty, Wave, Web master, Web page, Web site, Windows, Wireless, Word, World Wide Web,
Worldwide
Y)Youth Z) Zealous, Zoom
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Vocabulary charts with illustrating examples

8. MAIN ARTICLES USED FOR THE ACTIVITY BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://myvocabulary.com/word-list/technology-terms-vocabulary/
http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-vocabulary/technology-vocabulary/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-565207/Modern-technology-changing-way-brains-work-says-
neuroscientist.html
http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/c2odFVZmIPitMhzUDMxZfI/Artificial-diagnosis.html
http://time.com/4187146/davos-2016-technology-facts/
http://www.livemint.com/Query/WiZec9eaiFtEHoiUL6bIHJ/Tech-Quarterly.html