English for I.T. (Information technology) professionals 3
An exercise covering IT synonyms and related expressions. The ability to use different terms for the same concept is an important skill in technical writing and professional IT communication.
📚 Key vocabulary API (Application Programming Interface) — a set of rules allowing different software applications to communicate and share data with each other cloud computing — the delivery of computing services including storage, servers, and software over the internet on demand agile methodology — a project management approach based on iterative development, collaboration, and flexibility to change DevOps — a set of practices combining software development and IT operations to shorten development cycles and improve reliability cybersecurity — the practice of protecting computer systems, networks, and data from digital attacks and unauthorized access bandwidth — the maximum rate of data transfer across a network, typically measured in megabits per second latency — the delay between a user's action and the corresponding response from a system or network scalability — the ability of a system or network to handle an increasing amount of work or expand its capacity firewall — a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing traffic based on defined rules encryption — the process of encoding data so that only authorized parties can read it
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Choose the correct word(s) to make the two sentences have the same meaning.
1. He's a tech __________________. = He's an expert on technology.
Correct answer: pundit.
2. We're closing that site down. = We're ________________ that site down.
Correct answer: shutting.
3. Thomas has thought of some great ideas for the site. = Thomas has __________________ with some great ideas for the site.
Correct answer: come up.
4. To pull the ____________________ on something = To close something down.
Correct answer: plug.
5. Our company is nearly ____________________ to an economic downturn. = Our company is unlikely to be affected by a downturn.
Correct answer: immune.
6. We're trying to __________________ out a niche for our website. = We're trying to find customers who will be interested in our website.
Correct answer: carve.
7. These devices must be able to work in _____________ with one another. = These devices must be able to work perfectly together.
Correct answer: sync.
8. I need to ________________ accounts for each of the students. = I need to create accounts for each of the students.
Correct answer: set up.
9. The number of personal devices is ________________ to multiply. = The number of personal devices will most likely increase (greatly).
Correct answer: bound.
10. He was playing around with the settings. = He was ______________________ around with the settings.