Business English/ESL | Topic: Web Videos 1

Designed to teach you the most up-to-date IT (information technology)-related words and expressions. This exercise is on the terminology relating to the growing phenomenon of web videos (online videos).





QUESTIONS:
(Choose the best response for each one)

1. As __________________ service becomes more available at home, more and more people will watch video online.
  broadband
  broad-scope
  broad

2. Certain shows are now made __________________ ( = especially) for web sites.
  expressly
  special
  express

3. Programs made for the web are usually much shorter than their TV __________________.
  parts
  counterpoint
  counterparts

4. Most online video viewers aren't willing to sit in front of their __________________ for 60 minutes straight.
  monitoring
  monitor
  tv shows

5. A lot of online videos are ______________ towards ( = made for) younger viewers.
  made
  guarded
  geared

6. Intel recently ______________ a chip which is designed to improve the quality of online video.
  unveiled
  let loose
  admitted

7. Pretty soon you'll be able to load and watch ______________ ( = good quality), full-screen videos at the same speed that you watch low-resolution videos today.
  high-resolution
  effective
  successful

8. The new advances in this field mean that online video providers will soon be able to ______________ with HDTV.
  competition
  concur
  compete

9. This video ______________ software is great! I hardly notice any loss in quality.
  compress
  compression
  concentration

10. Youtube automatically compresses video files so they can be ______________ to your computer.
  broadband
  streamed
  stream

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