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Recent Development in IT The Intelligent fridge IT Unit-3

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fridge February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 2 [countable] a large piece of electrical kitchen equipment, used for keeping food and drinks cool synonym refrigerator see also freezer

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Tag February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 3 SMALL PIECE OF PAPER ETC [countable]a small piece of paper, plastic etc. attached to something to show what it is, who owns it, what it costs etc. name/identity/price tag All the staff wore name tags.

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nutritional February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 4 relating to the substances in food that help you to stay healthy Cooking vegetables for too long lessens their nutritional value. the nutritional requirements of pregnant women nutritional deficiencies nutritionally adverb

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Fancy February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 5 past tense and past participle fancied present participle fancying third person singular fancies [transitive] - LIKE/WANT British English informal to like or want something, or want to do something synonym feel like Fancy a quick drink, Emma? fancy doing something Sorry, but I don't fancy going out tonight.

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Fancy February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 6 fancy yourself (as) something British English to believe, usually wrongly, that you have particular skills or are a particular type of person. He fancies himself an artist. She fancies herself as another Madonna.

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Ingredients February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 7 [countable] 1 one of the foods that you use to make a particular food or dish Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl. The food is home-cooked using fresh ingredients. 2 a quality you need to achieve something John has all the ingredients of a great player. Investment in new product development is an essential ingredient of corporate success. 3 active ingredient the substance in a product such as a medicine that causes the product's intended result Acetic acid is the chief active ingredient in vinegar.

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Stock February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 8 IN A SHOP [uncountable and countable]a supply of a particular type of thing that a shop has available to sell We have a huge stock of quality carpets on sale. Buy now while stocks last! out of stock/in stock (=unavailable or available in a particular shop) I'm sorry, that shirt is completely out of stock in your size. FINANCE a) [countable] especially American English a share in a company the trading of stocks and shares b) [uncountable] the total value of all of a company's shares

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Stock February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 9 AMOUNT AVAILABLE [countable] the total amount of something that is available to be used in a particular area The stock of housing in rural areas SUPPLIES [countable] a supply of something that you keep and can use when you need to stock of He keeps a stock of medicines in the cupboard. The country has been building up its stock of weapons.

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Stock February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 10 take stock (of something) to think carefully about the things that have happened in a situation in order to decide what to do next. While in hospital, Jeremy took stock of his life. COOKING [uncountable and countable] a liquid made by boiling meat or bones and vegetables, which is used to make soups or to add flavor to other dishes chicken stock vegetable stock

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Household February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 11 [countable] all the people who live together in one house synonym house A growing number of households have at least one computer. Families are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house).

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Revolve February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 12 to move around like a wheel, or to make something move around like a wheel see also revolution, turn The wheel began to revolve. The restaurant slowly revolves, giving excellent views of the city. Using graphics software, you can revolve the image on the screen. revolve around somebody/something phrasal verb 1 [not in progressive] to have something as a main subject or purpose Jane's life revolves around her children. The argument revolved around costs. She seems to think that the world revolves around her (=that she is the only important person). 2 to move in circles around something The moon revolves around the Earth.

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Assumption February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 13 1 [countable]something that you think is true although you have no definite proof assumption that A lot of people make the assumption that poverty only exists in the Third World. My calculations were based on the assumption that house prices would remain steady. We are working on the assumption that the conference will take place as planned. assumption about People make a lot of assumptions about me. underlying assumption (=a belief that is used as the basis for an idea, but which may not be correct) 2 [uncountable] formal when someone starts to have control or power assumption of the assumption of responsibility

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clutter up February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 14 also clutter up [transitive] 1 to cover or fill a space or room with too many things, so that it looks very untidy Piles of books and papers cluttered his desk. be cluttered (up) with something The walls were cluttered with paintings and prints. 2 to fill your mind with a lot of different things the everyday tasks that clutter our lives cluttered adjective

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Surveillance February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 15 [uncountable] 1 when the police, army, etc watch a person or place carefully because they may be connected with criminal activities surveillance of 24-hour surveillance of the building under surveillance They were under constant close surveillance day and night. The suspects were kept under surveillance. electronic surveillance equipment 2 when one country watches the military activities of another country to see what they are planning to do a surveillance mission surveillance aircraft 3 when doctors, health departments etc watch an ill person or watch the development of a disease in a population under surveillance Diane was placed under psychiatric surveillance.

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February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 16 Barcodes in the packaging of groceries will soon be replaced with radio-frequency tags that can be read at a distance and with greater reliability. . As well as indicating what the product is, the data in the tags will include additional information such as 'best before' date and even nutritional data. .

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February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 17 Now, imagine that a fridge could read these tags and keep track of the items placed there. . If an item is about to exceed its 'use by' date, the fridge tells you, and you can either use it or throw it out. .

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February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 18 Fancy something different for dinner? No problem, ask the fridge to suggest some menus based on the ingredients it knows you have in stock. Or tell the fridge the menu you require and it will provide you with a shopping list of the items you don't have or you can order the items via email. This is the Screen fridge from Electrolux. email . .

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February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 19 But why' Screen fridge '? On the door, there is a touch-sensitive panel or screen that provides a means of communicating with the users. . . For many households, life revolves around the kitchen. This is the assumption Electrolux Company made in designing the Screen fridge. . .

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February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 20 The same screen is a messaging center. Since the fridge is equipped with a microphone, speaker and video-camera, you are not limited to textual information. . . The fridge is connected to the Internet, so it can be used to send and receive email or you could surf the Web to find a new recipe. .

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February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 21 Many people have a TV in the kitchen, but if you already have a screen on the fridge, why clutter up the work surface with a TV? . . Call the Screen fridge's TV mode and watch your favorite program on the fridge. . .

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February 15, 2011 Seyed Morteza Mousavian / www.mousavian.ir / info@mousavian.ir 22 The Screen fridge can be interfaced to a surveillance camera to check out visitors or to keep an eye on the children. . This highly advanced fridge is expected to perform some of household management tasks normally associated with a Pc. .

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