Ces exercices s’appuient sur le cours de vocabulaire technologique en anglais pour vous aider à consolider les termes essentiels liés aux appareils, logiciels, internet et cybersécurité. Mettez vos connaissances à l’épreuve !
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Exercice 1 — Choisissez le bon terme technologique
Pour chaque phrase, sélectionnez le mot ou l'expression qui correspond le mieux au contexte technologique décrit.
- The company installed new ___ to protect its servers from unauthorised access and potential cyberattacks.
- After the update, the application kept crashing because of a serious ___ in the source code.
- She stored all her documents in ___ storage so she could access them from any device at any time.
- The IT department advised all employees to use two-factor ___ to secure their accounts.
Correction
- The company installed a new firewall to protect its servers from unauthorised access and potential cyberattacks.
- After the update, the application kept crashing because of a serious bug in the source code.
- She stored all her documents in cloud storage so she could access them from any device at any time.
- The IT department advised all employees to use two-factor authentication to secure their accounts.
Exercice 2 — Associez chaque terme à sa définition
Reliez chacun des termes technologiques à la définition qui lui correspond le mieux, puis rédigez une phrase complète illustrant chaque association.
- Terme : 'phishing' — Définition : a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in electronic communication.
- Terme : 'bandwidth' — Définition : the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path in a network.
- Terme : 'malware' — Définition : software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to a computer system.
- Terme : 'operating system' — Définition : the software that manages all of the hardware and other software on a computer.
Correction
- Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in electronic communication.
- Bandwidth refers to the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path in a network.
- Malware is software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to a computer system.
- An operating system is the software that manages all of the hardware and other software on a computer.
Exercice 3 — Complétez les phrases avec le bon vocabulaire
Complétez chaque phrase avec le terme technologique approprié en vous appuyant sur ce que vous avez appris dans le cours.
- You should always ___ your files regularly to avoid losing important data in case of a system failure.
- The new smartphone comes with a built-in ___ that allows users to pay for purchases without using a physical card.
- The website was temporarily unavailable because it was suffering from a ___ attack, which overloaded its servers with traffic.
- Before sharing sensitive information online, always check that the website uses ___ encryption, indicated by 'https' in the address bar.
Correction
- You should always back up your files regularly to avoid losing important data in case of a system failure.
- The new smartphone comes with a built-in contactless payment feature that allows users to pay for purchases without using a physical card.
- The website was temporarily unavailable because it was suffering from a DDoS attack, which overloaded its servers with traffic.
- Before sharing sensitive information online, always check that the website uses SSL encryption, indicated by 'https' in the address bar.
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