‫Let's move on to some key vocabulary for talking and writing about computers and technology.
‫Here is the vocabulary list, beginning with innovative.
‫Device.
‫Breakthru.
‫Cutting edge.
‫Gadget.
‫Wireless, social media and viral.
‫So here we have some key terms for talking about computers and technology, and I think it's really
‫important that you really know these eight pieces of vocabulary here, because talking about computers
‫and trends in technology is something that is going to be very important to you.
‫And I'm sure that you're going to see some of this in your child's test, too.
‫So let's move on to the first piece of vocabulary, which is innovative.
‫If something is innovative, it is an original idea.
‫It can often solve a problem.
‫It's building on something to improve it.
‫There are many innovative technologies that make our life easier.
‫The iPhone is an innovative device that has many different uses and functions.
‫I think it's fair to say in the last 10 years, we have seen a lot of innovative technology that people
‫are now using.
‫Next up, we have device.
‫Now, this is a word that is being used a lot more in recent years, a device used to just be a few
‫things, possibly a phone.
‫But now we have devices for everything that telling the time for fitness, for our phones, for the
‫televisions, a device or devices.
‫Since 2012, many devices now have a very high level of connectivity, so I've highlighted this this
‫piece of vocabulary, connectivity and connectivity means when things can connect to each other.
‫So device to device, for example, a phone to a speaker via Bluetooth, or it could also mean connectivity
‫to the Internet.
‫Most pieces of technology we buy now have some level of connectivity.
‫The most useful device I have at home is my running watch, which tracks my exercise.
‫Next up, we have breakthrough, a breakthrough is an expression used to describe something that has
‫been achieved at an innovative invention that was a breakthrough.
‫It took a lot of time, but there was a breakthrough and something happened.
‫Let's take a look at the examples technology has led to many breakthroughs in healthcare and hospitals.
‫Many consider smart TVs to be quite a big breakthrough in home devices, breakthrough and an innovative
‫invention.
‫Here we have this idiomatic expression, cutting edge, we're not actually cutting anything, but when
‫we describe something as being cutting edge, it means to be at the height of technology.
‫The train system in Seoul really is cutting edge compared to my hometown.
‫Apple are at the cutting edge of technology and design, many wonderful devices, cutting edge the height
‫of technology.
‫And here we have the word gadget, a gadget is a noun given to something to make our lives easier.
‫My father was very into his gadgets and spent many hours traveling to local gadget shows.
‫Here I've got the word into highlighted, it sounds strange, but if you say someone is into something,
‫for example, David is into football, it means that he likes it or they like something.
‫For example, I'm not into gadgets.
‫I don't like gadgets.
‫Just a very negative sounding way of saying like something.
‫I don't really have many gadgets at home.
‫OK, let's move on to wireless.
‫This is a very common word that we hear these days, wireless.
‫There are no cables involved to connect to something.
‫I remember when I was a child, the Internet wasn't wireless and needed a cable.
‫At many homes, people have a wireless network to connect to the Internet throughout their homes.
‫I've highlighted the collocation wireless network, it's a very negative sounding expression, a wireless
‫network for the Internet.
‫Next up, we have social media, and I would assume that most people know this phrase, social media
‫applies to Internet companies that want us to message each other and find news such as Facebook and
‫Instagram.
‫Some people believe that social media causes a lot more problems than it solves.
‫Recently, I have been trying to limit the amount of time I spend on social media.
‫Social media definitely a popular topic in that sphere, topic of technology.
‫OK, let's move on to our next piece of vocabulary, which is viral.
‫And I assume many people also know this word, but viral is something that's very, very quickly rises
‫to huge popularity on the Internet.
‫A viral means those pictures that you see, your viral videos often of people falling over, of things
‫such as that.
‫Let's take a look at some examples.
‫Many viral images are designed to make people laugh.
‫A friend's video went viral on Facebook and had over 100000 views overnight.
‫Here's the highlighted term went viral.
‫So when we talk about something that became viral previously, we use the verb went and we can also
‫use the present tense and go, I want this video to go viral.
‫The video went viral.
‫Okay, that brings us to the end of this list of essential vocabulary for computers and technology.
‫Try and use them in your own sentences, write them down.
‫Think about any interesting synonyms for them.
‫See you in the next lesson.