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Business English (Subject) / Unit 17 (Lesson)

New technologies and change

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  • appeals to interests (spricht an)
  • billion one thousand million (Milliarde)
  • classified ad small advertisement usually placed by private individuals or small companies (Annonce)
  • cyberspace the imaginary place where internet data exists (Cyberspace)
  • date: to date up to the present time (bis heute)
  • desktop software program where icons and files are displayed on a computer screen (Desktop)
  • e-commerce the activity of selling goods or services through the Internet (E-Commerce)
  • hardware computer equipment or machinery (as opposed to software) (Hardware)
  • knowledge worker a person whose job requires a high level of education an training (Wissensarbeiter)
  • mission a person whose job reuires a high level of education and training (Auftrag, Unternehmenszweck)
  • Advertisement
  • network linked computers which can share information an programs (Netz)
  • one-stop shopping service providing everthing you need in one place (alles aus einer Hand)
  • page view individual website page read by people logged onto the Internet (Seitenaufruf) (Paginaweergave)
  • Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) mini handheld computer which has multiple functions such as wordprocessing, spredsheet, diary and calendar facilities (Personal Digital Assistant)
  • place a premium on make very important (grossen Wert legen auf)
  • real time at the same time without having to wait (ohne Zeitverzögerung, in Echtzeit)
  • refine improve by making small changes (verfeinern, optimieren)
  • roughly approximately (circa)
  • streamline make a company, organisation or progress more efficient (straffen)
  • title effect the way the title of a movie is brought onto the screen (Titeleffekt)
  • top-heavy with to many senior managers for the size of the company (mit zu vielen Führungskräften)
  • track monitor movements of, for example, parcels of shipment (verfolgen)
  • twenty-four: 24/7 (twenty-four seven) all the time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week (rund um die Uhr)
  • upside advantage (Vorteil)
  • web browser computer program which gives you access to the Internet (Web Browser)