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hi everybody my name is Alisha in this
lesson I'm going to talk about some
computer related phrases that we use in
English let's get started ok I want to
begin with an important word this word
can be used as a verb and as a noun it
is - crash - crash one point here when
you're using this word in speech make
sure this a sound is clearly pronounced
as an ass sound - crash if you don't use
this properly this a sound it could
sound like crush I've heard some
learners do that so make sure this is an
add sound to crash so to crash means to
stop working completely completely means
100% when your computer crashes it stops
you cannot use it for usually a short
period of time in an example sentence my
computer crashes every time I open this
program my computer crashes so this is a
regular verb which means we can add s to
the end my computer crashes every time I
open this program so that s sound is
added because my subject is my computer
it so it crashes every time I open this
program ok let's move on to the next one
the next word is quite similar to freeze
- freeze we use this as a verb when
we're talking about computers and as
well when we're not talking about
computers - but - freeze - freeze is a
little bit different from - crash -
freeze means to stop working yes but
this is often used for one program so
maybe your computer like your operating
system Mac or PC
for example maybe that's okay it's still
usable but one program stops working so
for example word stopped working
or maybe Photoshop stopped working we
use the verb freeze to talk about that
or if your computer stops working but it
doesn't crash completely like it doesn't
turn off as we'll talk about later you
can use freeze to mean like you can't
move your mouse you can't move the
cursor or you just can't type anything
so to freeze can be for a program or for
a computer that just it doesn't actually
respond to your requests anymore in an
example sentence word froze when I tried
to save my essay so freeze the past
tense is froze froze word froze when I
tried to save my essay so word is a
program and that means this program only
this program froze or stopped working
when the speaker tried to save their
essay so freeze becomes frozen past
tense okay let's move along to the next
one the next one I included two words
here because they're used fairly
similarly they are glitchy glitchy and
buggy buggy if you do programming or are
familiar with like computer related
problems I suppose maybe you see bug is
here in this word bug so bug means
problem like a problem in code for
example so glitchy or buggy these are
adjectives that we use to mean having
lots of errors so this is typically used
in an application or software also in
games anything that's like a user
experience situation it could be a
website as well something is glitchy or
something is buggy it means that that
thing has lots of errors we often use
this to talk about problems we can see
with our eyes so for example if the
picture is like disorganized or if
you're playing a video game for example
and like the character can walk into
walls or get stuck in the floor
somewhere we can say it's glitchy or
it's buggy so there are some kind of
strange air
that we see in a piece of media or in
like software or applications for
example this beta application is super
glitchy this beta application is super
glitchy I'm going to talk about this
beta word next so this application is
super glitchy meaning it has lots and
lots of errors okay so let's continue on
to this next word so the next word is
beta beta so beta and you might see beta
version so beta a beta thing a beta
program or a beta application as I used
in this example sentence is a test
version of something so like I write
here a program or an application usually
so a beta version of something might
have lots of glitches if we use it as a
noun or it might be super glitchy
because it's a test application so if
you have tested an application or a
piece of software maybe you noticed some
problems and you can say oh this is
glitchy or this is buggy so a beta
something is a test something okay let's
move along the next one I want to look
at let's look at the next two in a pair
the first one is to be infected to be
infected we use this for people as well
when we get sick virus is the next one
this is a pronounciation point I think
this has a good one this V I sound is
pronounced by virus virus I sometimes
heard students use like a W sound here
it should be a clear sound virus a virus
so to be infected and virus these are
words we use for our health as well a
virus is a type of sickness a type of
illness so we actually keep this meaning
but we use it for computers so to be
infected means to have a virus or spam
where I'll talk about this in just a
moment to have a virus or spam where on
your computer so it's installed on your
computer or there's something that's
wrong with your computer because of a
virus or something similar a virus then
is a harmful computer program so harmful
means like dangerous or bad or causes
problems a virus so a virus for example
could install strange things on your
computer a virus could steal information
from your computer a virus could maybe
spy on someone I'm not sure but a virus
is harmful in some way so when we use
these in sentences we might say
something like my grandma's computer was
infected with eight viruses so here
you'll notice when we use this verb
infected it was infected with eight
viruses we used with to connect it we
also use this same pattern when we're
talking about people's health conditions
I was infected with this virus or I was
infected with this disease we use with
so my grandma's computer was infected
with eight viruses so this is the plural
form viruses viruses so that means there
were eight harmful programs or eight
harmful pieces of software or something
on my grandma's computer ok let's move
along then the next one I mentioned in
the previous explanation spam where spam
where spam where is an interesting
combination of words spam where comes
from spam and software together so spam
means like junk stuff we don't need I
think everyone has a spam email inbox so
this is like advertisements or like
strange emails from mysterious people so
spam is that stuff we don't need that
unnecessary junk so spam and software
equals spam where so spam where is
software that adds spam to a computer or
it's just software that's kind of junk
that we don't need so let's look at a
common way that
use spam we're in a sentence this one my
computer had a lot of spam we're
pre-installed pre-installed means before
like before I received it pre-installed
this case in this case it means when I
received my new computer there was a lot
of spam where installed that means there
was a lot of junk software on my
computer already when I got it so spam
where is just junk software that we
don't need it's not necessarily
dangerous so this is a point that's a
bit different from a virus a virus is
kind of dangerous or harmful in some way
in most cases spam where it's just junk
it takes space on your computer so spam
where and virus are a little bit
different ok onward to the next one the
next expression here is to give an error
or to give an error message this just
means to display an error message but we
use give because it's like the computer
is giving us something so we use give to
talk about these sorts of irritating
messages we get from our computer an
example my printer keeps giving me an
error so here I'm using it in the
progressive tense because I'm
complaining my computer keeps giving me
an error I could remove me my computer
I'm sorry my printer keeps giving an
error I can include me here to show I am
the one that's receiving this error but
we use give to mean display display
would not cause a communication problem
but it does sound a little too formal it
sounds kind of polite it's something we
would use maybe in text like in a manual
for a computer but when we're just
talking about computer problems we often
use give it's giving me an error ok
onward let's look at the next to the
next to these are unique to your
computer type to your operating system
type the first one is unique to Mac
computers so the expression there are a
couple of them
refer to this I try to draw it here this
thing so if you're a Mac user maybe you
see something similar to this with very
bright colors this one is dark like pink
green blue so this thing often appears
when you are waiting for something and
sometimes it goes for a long time in
this spinning motion this is called a
couple things depending on who you talk
to
some people call it the spinning
pinwheel so a pinwheel is a children's
toy that looks similar to this or some
people call it the spinning beach ball
so a beach ball is a popular a popular
toy to take to the beach that's brightly
colored and looks similar so some people
call it the spinning pinwheel of death
I'll explain why or the spinning beach
ball
of death so this def here death mean
refers to dying
this means your computer's death so this
expression is used to refer to the
brightly colored waiting symbol that may
appear before a crash so remember I
talked about crash at the beginning of
this lesson it means when your computer
stops working completely here I've used
it as a noun so before your computer
crashes you might see a spinning
pinwheel of death or a spinning beach
ball of death keep in mind this is not
an official phrase this is just the
expression that lots of people have come
to use over time so it sounds a little
bit like a joke it's not a real like
official statement from Mac or anything
but this is a common expression used to
explain like a situation on your
computer so similarly PCs have this one
so again I've tried to draw it here it's
not great but we call it on PCs the blue
screen of death the blue screen of death
so if you're working on your computer
suddenly the screen turns blue and
there's often a quick like error message
or something displayed here in white
characters so this is called the blue
screen of death some
times you may see it called the BS OD so
we use this like as a phrase like oh no
the blue screen of death we also use
this as a verb so some example sentences
let's take a look first Oh No I've got
the beach ball of death so this is one
example of how you could use either or
this one my computer blue screen so here
we're treating this as a verb my
computer blue screen so it's not really
a verb but the speaker creates a new
verb by adding this edy ending which
shows us it's past tense oh no my can
put my computer blue screened which
means it crashed and I got this error so
these are a couple kind of fun and
interesting ways to talk about problems
with your computer the final expression
for today is actually a question a
useful question especially when you're
traveling it is what's your Wi-Fi
password what's your Wi-Fi password so
what's your Wi-Fi password is great to
use when you are traveling and you visit
cafes restaurants bars whatever and you
would like to use their Wi-Fi you can
use it at friends houses as well so you
want to connect to Wi-Fi what's your
Wi-Fi password this is the question you
use to to ask for them what's your Wi-Fi
password or can I have your Wi-Fi
password as well okay so this is a quick
list of some computer related
expressions that you can use I hope that
that helps you explain often these well
actually most of these are used for
computer problems but I hope that that's
helpful for you of course if you have
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