Unit 1 Working in the IT industry

Word Definition Spanish

acronym (n) a word made up from the first acrónimo (n)
letters of the name of something
analyse (v) to examine something carefully so analizar (v)
that you understand what it is or
why it happens
area (n) a particular subject, range of zona (n)
activities, or group of related
subjects
attend (v) to go to an event such as a asistir (v)
meeting or a class
begin (v) to start doing something, or to start empezar (v)
to happen
break (n) a period of time when you stop pausa (n)
working in order to rest or eat
contact a telephone number where número de contacto (n)
number (n) someone can be found if
necessary
database a person who is responsible for the analista de bases de
analyst (n) design of databases datos (n)
design (v) to draw or plan something that you diseñar (v)
will make, plan or build
developer (n) a person that works on a new idea, desarrollador (n)
product, etc.
electronic data information in a computer datos electrónicos (n)
(n)
employee (n) someone who is paid to work for empleado (n)
someone else
end (v) if something ends, or if you end it, it acabar (v)
finishes or stops
finish (v) to come to the end of doing or finalizar (v)
making something
good luck we say this to someone when we buena suerte
(n phr) hope they will be successful in (n)
something they are going to do
good morning we say this when we meet buenos días (expr)
(n phr) someone in the morning
introduce (v) if you introduce people who are introducir (v)
meeting for the first time, you tell
them each other's names
IT support (n) assistance with computer and soporte informático (n)
software products

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job (n) your job is work that you do empleo (n)
regularly in order to receive money
network a person responsible for firewalls, administrador de red
administrator security levels, wireless (n)
(n) connection, usernames and
passwords
organise (v) to plan and arrange an event or organizar (v)
activity
participant (n) someone who is taking part in an participante (n)
activity or event
password (n) a secret word that allows you to contraseña (n)
use a computer system or enter a
place
personal (adj) belonging or relating to one personal (adj)
particular person
programmer someone whose job is to write programador (n)
(n) digital code [= sets of instructions
for computers]
protocol (n) a method for connecting computers protocolo (n)
so that they can exchange
information
responsibility if something is your responsibility, it responsabilidad (n)
(n) is your job to do it
responsible having a duty to be in charge of or responsable (adj)
(adj) to look after something
schedule (n) a plan of what someone is going to programación (n)
do and when they are going to do it
session (n) a period of time used for a sesión (n)
particular activity, especially by a
group of people
solve (v) to find a successful way to discover resolver (v)
how to do something
stand for (phr to represent a word, phrase or simbolizar (v)
v) idea
start (v) to begin doing something empezar (v)

system analyst someone whose job it is to study a analista de sistemas

(n) company's computer needs and (n)
provide them with suitable software
and equipment
system a person responsible for the responsable de
maintenance maintenance of hardware and mantenimiento de
officer (n) software on a computer network sistemas (n)

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team leader a person who gives guidance, jefe de equipo (n)
(n) instruction, direction, etc. to a
group of other people at work
tired (adj) feeling that you want to sleep or cansado (adj)
rest
trainee (n) someone who is being trained for a persona en prácticas
job (n)
understand (v) if you understand something that is comprender (v)
spoken or written, you know what it
means
username (n) a personal name that you use nombre de usuario (n)
when using a computer system
welcome (v) to say hello in a friendly way to dar la bienvenida (loc
someone who has just arrived verb)
work (v) to do a job in order to earn money trabajar (v)

workshop (n) a meeting at which people try to taller (n)

improve their skills by discussing
their experiences and doing
practical exercises

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