本书是为培养计算机人才的专业英语能力而编写的教材，其内容全面，软件、硬件和网络并重，同时兼顾信息技术发展热点，既包括计算机基础知识，同时对领域内新知识有所涉及。
全书由16个单元组成，各个单元包含Passage、New Words、Phrases、Abbreviation(s)、Notes to the Passage、Reference Translation、Exercises、Passage for Reading、课文听力材料、总词汇表等内容。
本书提供教学大纲、电子教案、参考试卷、习题答案等资源，既可作为高等院校信息类专业的专业英语教材，也可作为培训班教材和供从业人员自学使用。

UNIT 1 Passage: Computer Hardware
New Words
Phrases
Abbreviation
Notes to the Passage
Reference Translation
Comprehension Exercises to the Passage
Exercises to Terms and Vocabularies
Exercise to a Short Passage
Passage for Reading: What Is a Computer System?
Exercise to the Passage for Reading
UNIT 2 Passage: Types of Computer Systems
New Words
Phrases
Abbreviations
Notes to the Passage
Reference Translation
Comprehension Exercises to the Passage
Exercises to Terms and Vocabularies
Exercise to a Short Passage
Passage for Reading: Summary of Computer's Components
Exercise to the Passage for Reading
UNIT 3 Passage: The Central Processing Unit
New Words
Phrases
Abbreviation
Notes to the Passage
Reference Translation
Comprehension Exercises to the Passage
Exercises to Terms and Vocabularies
Exercise to a Short Passage
Passage for Reading: New Computer Technologies
Exercise to the Passage for Reading
UNIT 4 Passage: Main Memory
New Words
Phrases
Abbreviations
Notes to the Passage
Reference Translation
Comprehension Exercises to the Passage
Exercises to Terms and Vocabularies
tL Exercise to a Short Passage
Passage for Reading: Extended Reality
BI1 Exercise to the Passage for Reading
UNIT 5 Passage: Embedded System
New Words
Phrases
Abbreviations
Notes to the Passage
Reference Translation
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UNIT 6 Passage: Operating System
UNIT 7 Passage: Network
UNIT 8 Passage: Data Transmission Media
UNIT 9 Passage: Internet and Web Technology
UNIT 10 Passage: Database Basic
UNIT 11 Passage: Programming Languages
UNIT 12 Passage: What is Object-Oriented
UNIT 13 Passage: Multimedia
UNIT 14 Passage: What Is Big Data?
UNIT 15 Passage: Artificial Intelligence
UNIT 16 Passage: Cloud Computing
附录1 计算机英语读译技巧
附录2 计算机英语构词法