本书是一本面向21世纪的计算机专业英语教材，它涉及了计算机基础知识、硬件结构、程序设计、软件工程、应用开发、网络通信、信息安全、电子商务以及其他深刻影响着我们生活的信息技术。全书以计算机和IT领域的**英语时文和经典原版教材为基础，通过大量精心挑选的阅读材料，配以相应的注释和练习，使读者能够快速掌握计算机英语的一般特点和大量专业词汇，并提高阅读和检索计算机原版文献资料的能力。本书选材广泛，图文并茂，版式设计创意新颖，极大地方便了读者的学习和查阅。书后还附有词汇表和缩略语表。 本书可供大专院校计算机及IT相关专业的学生使用，也可供参加计算机水平考试的考生、IT行业的工程技术人员以及谋求出国发展的计算机人才学习参考。
目录
- 序言
- 前言
- 使用说明
- Part One Computer Basics (计算机基础)
- Unit 1 My Computer (我的电脑)
- Section A Computer Overview
- Section B Computing on the Go
- Section C PDA Prizefight: Palm vs. Pocket PC
- Unit 2 Computer Architecture (计算机硬件结构)
- Section A Computer Hardware
- Section B The Universal Serial Bus
- Section C DVD
- Unit 3 Operating System (操作系统)
- Section A Operating System
- Section B Longhorn: The Next Version of Windows
- Section C What Is Linux
- Unit 4 Computer Language and Programming (计算机语言与编程)
- Section A Programming Language
- Section B The Java Language
- Section C Arrays
- Part Two Computer Software (计算机软件)
- Unit 5 Software Development (软件开发)
- Section A Computer Program
- Section B Microsoft .NET vs. J2EE
- Section C Distributed Systems
- Unit 6 Software Engineering (软件工程)
- Section A Software Life Cycle
- Section B Model Driven Development
- Section C What Is a Design Pattern
- Unit 7 Database (数据库)
- Section A Enter the Worm of Relational Databases
- Section B Database Objects of SQL Server
- Section C .NET Data Access Architecture
- Part Three Network and Communication (网络与通信)
- Unit 8 Telecommunications and Information Superhighway (电信与信息高速公路)
- Section A Telecommunications and Computer
- Section B Internet and Information Superhighway
- Section C ATM and Its Advantages
- Unit 9 Computer Networks (计算机网络)
- Section A Computer Networks
- Section B TCP/IP: the Basics
- Section C Network Connecting Devices
- Unit 10 Internet (因特网)
- Section A How Does the Internet Work
- Section B What's E-Mail
- Section C Videoconferencing
- Part Four IT and Our Life (信息技术与我们的生活)
- Unit 11 IT and Computer Application (IT与计算机应用)
- Section A Information Revolution
- Section B Geographic Information System
- Section C Agent Technology
- Unit 12 Electronic Commerce (电子商务)
- Section A Electronic Commerce
- Section B The Evolution of e-Business
- Section C Setting Goals for Your Online Business
- Unit 13 Computer Security (计算机安全)
- Section A Computer Security
- Section B Computer Virus
- Section C Through a Hacker's Eyes
- Unit 14 Remarks by IT Giants (IT精英如是说)
- Section A Remarks by Bill Gates
- Section B Louis V. Gerstner Jr.: IT and the Reformation of Chinese State-Owned
- Enterprises
- Section C Andrew S. Grove: Only the Paranoid Survive
- Part Five Appendix (附录)
- Appendix A Glossary (词汇表)
- Appendix B Abbreviations (缩略语表)
