Eric H. Glendinning is Director of the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. He has worked in teaching English in Tanzania, Norway, Nepal, and the United Kingdom and former Research Director of the Edinburgh Language Organization. John McEwan is the computer staff at the Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh. He is an experienced mathematics and physics teacher and teaching study skills, computers, and learning computer languages supported in the EFL language schools. | J Basic English I for Computing Eric John McEwan OXTORD Basic English for Computing Eric H. Glendinning John McEwan OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford University Pre Groat Clarendon Street. Oxford 0X1hl IP Oxford New York Auckland . ki k Riirntis Aiirs C .i M hiwii Chennai Dares Salaam Delhi Hongkong hdunbul Kuriii hi Kolkalii Knulti Luuipur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi SŨO I liulu Shanghai Singapore hiipcl Tokyo Toronto with an assucialvd company in Berlin OXFORD and OXFORD I arc trade murks of Oxford I nivvrslty Press ISBN 019 457 Wi 6 c Oxford University Pres 1999 Firrt impression 1999 Seventh Impression 2002 Nil Iiiiiiiilliurizi-il phnhirofiviiig .411 rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a relrievtil system. or transmitted. in any form or by any means without he prior permission io wrlliup of Oxford I niverskv Press or as expressly permitted by law. or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographies rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope ol the above should he sent tn the Rights Department Oxford University Press at the address above Villi must not cin Iikde this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition Uli unv acquirer Any websites referred loin this publication arc in the public domain und their addresses are provided hy Oxford University Pl for information only. Oxford University Press disclaims liny responsibility for the content. Designed by Holdsworth Associates. Islcol Wight Typeset by Kill rd University Pless Illustrations by Stefan Chnbluk Printed III China The authors and publisher arc grateful to those who have given permission III rhe following extracts and adaptations of copyright material p7 C iVrwrpisIn- T Unify and T. Ikrchelmann. reprinted by permission of Course let hntiltigy. p 19 Scroll J Guanfimi KduniriPO X-Iiinv nook. by permission cd The Guurdlan. p22 .