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Connectivity 1 Extra Writing Tasks

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Unit 1: Describing a Product or a Service

a. Skype

  • a telecommunications application

  • provide video chats and voice calls between  computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches via the Internet. 

  • user: send text messages or images

  • also allow video conferences

  • around 1.3 million users

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b. Security alarm system

  • designed to detect intrusion, or unauthorised entry, to a house or a building.

  • used in residential, commercial, industrial, and military properties

  • wired, wireless or hybrid systems

  • components: an alarm control panel (ACP), sensors, alerting device, keypad,interconnections

  • cost between BD100 and BD600.

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Possible Answers

a. â€‹ Skype is a telecommunications application that provides video chapts and voice calls between  computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches via the Internet. The user can also send text messages or images. Skype also allows video conferences. It has around 1.3 million users.

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b. A security alarm system is designed to detect intrusion, or unauthorised entry, to a house or a building. It is used in residential, commercial, industrial, and military properties. They can be wired, wireless or hybrid systems. A security systems consists of an alarm control panel (ACP), sensors, alerting device, keypad and interconnections. It can cost between BD100 and BD600.

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