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Learn why security patches should be applied monthly to protect your system from threats. Understand the importance of staying up-to-date and secure.
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Passive Form (to be + past participle) eko@stikom.edu Tues, 25 March 2008
Examples • You should do security patches at least once a month. Security patches should be done at least once a month. • The anti-virus software vendors added new virus "definitions" to their programs New virus "definitions" were added by The anti-virus software vendors to their programs • The laser printer needs a minute to warm up for the first page A minute is needed by the laser printer to warm up for the first page • Many users will use the affordable operating system The affordable operating system will be used • Nokia has launched Nokia 2600 classic Nokia 2600 classic has been launched by Nokia
Passive Function • The action/activity is more important than the doer itself The programmer decodes the messages into unit codes People has widely applied computer in workplace • To avoid subjectivity of the doer You will find some basic NET concepts I can create the user interface object • Unknown or unfamiliar doer People must understand some basic NET concepts in VB Net Application The trainer explained how to use the programming tool in Visual studio NET
Exercise • CNN and Sky TV offered excellent coverage in news and interest • A police officer requests records of a suspect • Laser printers will give you a high quality of printing results • The users can write data on the CD-ROM • Almost all desktop computers have hard disks. • Many users store very large data onto magnetic tape • Most computer have had a Graphical User Interface • Icons represent programs, folders, or files • Multimedia system is combining text with sound, video, animation, and graphics • Intel Corporation produced Pentium IV in 1995
Exercise (cont’d) • A Welsh teenager allegedly stole information from more than 26,000 credit card accounts across Britain, the US, Japan, Canada and Thailand • FBI agents and British police raided the home of Raphael Gray • Sasser knocked out the post office computers in Taiwan and Germany • Sasser attacked Windows NT, 2000 and XP operating system via the internet • Customers of internet banks faced a new phising scam in 2004 • The program substituted a bogus website address for any bank details. • Hackers Unite posted a web address with details of how to access any Hotmail account • In August 1996, hackers ran up £1m phone bill for Scotland Yard • The search engines received thousands emails • An earlier version included an attachment
EXERCISE Read the steps HOW TO COPY CDs below? Then do translate these sentences into passive 1. You'll need a master to copy, a blank disk, a CD- RW drive, and the proper software. 2. Most computers now include either a CD-RW or DVD- RW drive 3. You can purchase the appropriate drive reasonably cheaply. 4. You can duplicate a CD in a matter of minutes. 5. Once you have the CD-RW or DVD-RW drive and some blank CD-R media 6. Just run the software and create your disk 7. You can copy many types of media, including pictures, video, audio, and even data from your computer to a CD. 8. You can back up just about anything
HOME ASSIGNMENT Please copy and read an article from www.goarticles.com entitled ‘Microsoft Office 2007: More Fast, More Advance’ • Then you have to find active sentences (10 sentences) and change into passive. • Answer the following questions about Microsoft office 2007
Answer these questions • What are software features offered by Ms. Office 2007 package? • What are the advantages of Professional 2007? • What is the function of customizable homepage? • What are the benefits of Ms. Office 2007 for networking? • To whom is Ms. Office 2007 beneficial?