VOCABULARY - UNIT 5

Digital camera: A digital camera is an electronic device used to capture and store photographs electronically in a digital format.

• My dad bought me a digital camera for my birthday.

E-book reader: An eBook reader also called electronic reader is an electronic device that reproduces the contents of e-books.

•     Andrea read your favorite book in e-book reader

Electronic dictionary: Allows a fast and flexible information consultation, take up less space and are fully accessible from any computer, anytime, anywhere.

•         David searches information in his electronic dictionary from his phone.

GPS: GPS or Global Positioning System, is a navigation system based on satellites to determine the position of an object.

• Carlos found his car stolen through the GPS.

Headset: The headset are transducers that receive an electrical signal originating from an electronic source, such as a radio or audio player.

• She is using her headphones for listening to music.

Laptop: The laptop is a portable computer designed to carry it everywhere.

• The laptop is one of the most important creation for the technology.

MP3 player: Mp3 or audio player is a device that stores, organizes and plays digital audio files.

• My mp3 player fell into the pool and this damage.

Portable DVD player: The DVD player is a device or electronic device used to play DVDs and CDs. This device need not be connected.

• My mom bought a portable DVD player to watch movies in the car when we travel.

Satellite radio: Satellite radio is a radio service that broadcasts from satellites, mainly cars, with the transmission of signals at the national and international level, through a much broader than terrestrial radio stations and geographic area higher quality sound.

• Juan gave a satellite radio to your brother for your new car.        

Smartphone: Smartphone is a cellular phone that is able to perform many of the functions of a computer, typically having a relatively large screen and an operating system capable of running general-purpose applications.

• Movistar and Claro placed on the market, new smart phones this year.

Webcam: It is a video camera that inputs to a computer connected to the Internet, so that its images can be viewed by Internet users.

• Two friends are using the webcam to can see each other in internet.

Wireless connection: A wireless network is that which allows you to connect two or more terminals can communicate without a wired connection and allow to establish links between computers and other computers without installing wiring, which means greater convenience and savings money in infrastructure.

•  In Guayaquil we found many wireless networks with internet connection.