本書是為培養(yǎng)計算機人才的專業(yè)英語能力而編寫的教材，主要內(nèi)容包括：計算機硬件和軟件基礎、外部設備、操作系統(tǒng)、數(shù)據(jù)結(jié)構(gòu)、C語言、數(shù)據(jù)庫、面向?qū)ο缶幊獭⒂嬎銠C網(wǎng)絡、因特網(wǎng)及其相關(guān)技術(shù)、多媒體、網(wǎng)絡安全、云計算、物聯(lián)網(wǎng)、大數(shù)據(jù)及虛擬現(xiàn)實等。
全書以單元為單位，每個單元由以下幾部分組成：課文——選材廣泛，風格多樣，切合實際；單詞——給出課文中出現(xiàn)的新詞，讀者由此可以積累專業(yè)的基本詞匯；常用詞組——給出本單元所涉及的常用詞組；難句講解——講解課文中出現(xiàn)的疑難句子，培養(yǎng)讀者的閱讀理解能力；習題——針對課文的練習，鞏固學習效果，其中的“真題再現(xiàn)”由作者遴選歷年軟件水平考試專業(yè)英語試題，并提供參考答案，這對參加這些考試的讀者十分有用；練習答案——供讀者對照檢查；聽力文件——向讀者免費提供每個單元的Text A和Text B課文的 MP3格式文件，掃碼即聽。
本書既可作為高等院校計算機相關(guān)專業(yè)、網(wǎng)絡專業(yè)、電子商務專業(yè)、信息管理專業(yè)的教材，也可供相應的培訓班使用或作為相關(guān)技術(shù)人員的自學教材。
Unit 1 1
Text A How Computers Work 1
New Words 4
Phrases 6
Abbreviations 7
Notes 7
Exercises 8
Text B PC Hardware Basic 10
New Words 13
Phrases 15
Abbreviations 15
Reading Material Computer Basic Concept 16
Reference Translation 19
Text A 計算機如何運行 19
Unit 2 22
Text A Computer Periphery Device 22
New Words 24
Phrases 26
Abbreviations 27
Notes 27
Exercises 28
Text B The Five Generations of Computers 30
New Words 31
Phrases 32
Abbreviations 33
Reading Material Computer Hardware Basic 34
Reference Translation 37
Text A 計算機外圍設備 37
Unit 3 39
Text A Computer Software 39
New Words 42
Phrases 44
Abbreviations 44
Notes 45
Exercises 45
Text B Computer Programming 48
New Words 50
Phrases 51
Abbreviations 52
Reading Material Computer Programming
Basic 52
Reference Translation 56
Text A 計算機軟件 56
Unit 4 59
Text A Operating System 59
New Words 61
Phrases 62
Abbreviations 63
Notes 63
Exercises 64
Text B An Overview of the UNIX Operating
System 66
New Words 69
Phrases 70
Reading Material OS 71
Reference Translation 74
Text A 操作系統(tǒng) 74
Unit 5 78
Text A Data Structure 78
New Words 80
Phrases 81
Abbreviations 81
Notes 81
Exercises 82
Text B The Types of Data Structure 85
New Words 88
Phrases 89
Abbreviations 90
Reading Material Data and Data Organizing 91
Reference Translation 94
Text A 數(shù)據(jù)結(jié)構(gòu) 94
Unit 6 96
Text A C Language 96
New Words 99
Phrases 99
Abbreviations 100
Notes 100
Exercises 101
Text B C++ Programming Language 103
New Words 105
Phrases 105
Reading Material Introduction to Some Common
Programming Languages 106
Reference Translation 110
Text A C語言 110
Unit 7 112
Text A Database (1) 112
New Words 114
Phrases 115
Abbreviations 116
Notes 116
Exercises 117
Text B Database (2) 119
New Words 122
Phrases 123
Abbreviations 123
Reading Material Database Glossary 124
Reference Translation 128
Text A 數(shù)據(jù)庫（1） 128
Unit 8 132
Text A Object Oriented Programming
Concepts 132
New Words 134
Phrases 135
Abbreviations 135
Notes 135
Exercises 136
Text B Computer Graphics 139
New Words 141
Phrases 142
Abbreviations 143
Reading Material OOP 144
Reference Translation 147
Text A 面向?qū)ο缶幊谈拍睢?47
Unit 9 150
Text A Computer Network 150
New Words 154
Phrases 155
Abbreviations 156
Notes 157
Exercises 158
Text B Wireless Networking 160
New Words 163
Phrases 164
Abbreviations 164
Reading Material Network Basic
Technology 165
Reference Translation 170
Text A 計算機網(wǎng)絡 170
Unit 10 174
Text A Internet and Its Related Technologies 174
New Words 178
Phrases 179
Abbreviations 179
Notes 180
Exercises 181
Text B Characteristics of Web Programming
Languages 183
New Words 186
Phrases 187
Abbreviations 187
Reading Material Internet Basic Technology 188
Reference Translation 192
Text A 因特網(wǎng)及其相關(guān)技術(shù) 192
Unit 11 195
Text A The Concept of Multimedia 195
New Words 198
Phrases 199
Abbreviations 199
Notes 200
Exercises 200
Text B Artificial Intelligence 203
New Words 205
Phrases 206
Abbreviations 206
Reading Material How Streaming Video and
Audio Work 207
Reference Translation 213
Text A 多媒體概念 213
Unit 12 216
Text A The Network Security 216
New Words 219
Phrases 221
Abbreviations 221
Notes 222
Exercises 223
Text B The Difference Between a Virus， Worm
and Trojan Horse 225
New Words 227
Phrases 228
Reading Material Computer Security 228
Reference Translation 233
Text A 網(wǎng)絡安全 233
Unit 13 236
Text A Cloud Computing 236
New Words 240
Phrases 241
Abbreviations 242
Notes 242
Exercises 243
Text B Parallel Computing 246
New Words 251
Phrases 251
Reading Material Distributed Computing 252
Reference Translation 256
Text A 云計算 256
Unit 14 260
Text A Internet of Things Vision 260
New Words 264
Phrases 266
Notes 266
Exercises 267
Text B The Evolution of the Internet of
Things 271
New Words 275
Phrases 276
Abbreviations 277
Reading Material RFID 277
Reference Translation 284
Text A 物聯(lián)網(wǎng)景象 284
Unit 15 287
Text A Big Data 287
New Words 289
Phrases 291
Notes 292
Exercises 293
Text B Big Data Analytics 295
New Words 298
Phrases 299
Abbreviations 300
Reading What is Virtual Reality 301
Reference Translation 304
Text A 大數(shù)據(jù) 304
附錄A 詞匯總表 306
附錄B 計算機英語詞匯特點及
翻譯技巧 358
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