Match the words (1-14) and their definitions (a-n).1) modem2) photocopier3) fax

Match the words (1-14) and their definitions (a-n).

1) modem

2) photocopier

3) fax machine

4) video recorder

5) tape recorder

6) keyboard

7) mouse

8) screen

9) disk

10) answerphone

11) phone box

12) VDU

13) headphones

14) an aerial



a) a thing used to store information which can be read by a computer

b) a piece of equipment allowing you to send information from one computer down telephone lines to another computer

c) a device or a piece of wire that receives television or radio signals and is usually attached to a radio, television, car, or building

d) a machine for transmitting and receiving faxes

e) a flat vertical surface on which pictures or words are shown

f) a pair of padded speakers which you wear over your ears in order to listen to a radio, record player, or tape recorder without other people hearing it

g) a machine with a screen which is used to display information from a computer

h) a machine which quickly copies documents onto paper by photographing them

i) a small shelter in the street in which there is a public telephone

j) an apparatus for recording sounds on magnetic tape and afterwards reproducing them

k) the set of keys that you press in order to operate it

l) a device which, when linked to a television set, can be used to record programmes and play videotapes

m) a device which you connect to your telephone and which records telephone calls while you are out

n) a small handheld device which is moved across a mat or flat surface to move the cursor on a computer screen