随着全球信息化的高速发展，掌握计算机专业英语已经成为21世纪技术人才、管理人才的基本要求。直接从外文资料和文献中获取有效的参考信息是每个计算机技术人员乃至于学员必备的基本技能之一。本书旨在使读者能够熟悉并掌握计算机方面的基本词汇，以提高在计算机专业英语文献方面的阅读能力。

本书从高职高专计算机教育的实际出发，注重所选材料的实用性、广泛性和前瞻性，涵盖了计算机的基本硬件知识、操作系统、办公软件、软件开发和数据库技术、多媒体技术、互联网、安全技术、电子商务、网站开发技术等诸多方面内容。对学生自己购买电脑，学习计算机知识有一定的帮助。本书内容结构上遵循了学生学习计算机知识从浅入深的学习过程，在作为一门计算机英语教程的同时，更对学生学习计算机知识起到了指导作用。

本书是高职高专规划教材之一，既可作为高职高专计算机相关专业教材，也可作为学习使用计算机的培训教材和网页制作爱好者的自学参考用书。

Unit 1 Personal Computer

 1.1 Types.of Computers

     1.1.1 Mainframes

     1.1.2 Desktop computers

     1.1.3 Laptop computers

     1.1.4 Tablet PCs

     1.1.5 Media centres

     1.1.6 PDA

 1.2 Computer Heart

     1.2.1 CPU

     1.2.2 Motherboard

     1.2.3 PC case

 1.3 Memory .

     1.3.1 Random access memory (RAM)

     1.3.2 Read-only memory (ROM)

     1.3.3 Flash memory

 1.4 Expansion Cards

     1.4.1 Graphics card

     1.4.2 Sound card

     1.4.3 Network card

 1.5 Periphery Equipment

 1.6 BIOS

     1.6.1 The difference between BIOS and CMOS

     1.6.2 Enter the BIOS configuration menu

     1.6.3 Common settings of CMOS

Unit 2 Operating System

 2.1 Operating System Overview

    2.1.1 Operating system functions

    2.1.2 Types of operating systems

    2.1.3 Operating system's tasks

 2.2 Windows Basics

    2.2.1 The desktop

    2.2.2 Windows explorer

    2.2.3 Internet explorer

 2.3 File Systems

    2.3.1 FAT16

    2.3.2 FAT32

    2.3.3 NTFS

    2.3.4 When to use FAT or FAT32？

Unit 3 Office Products

 3.1 Microsoft Office

     3.1.1 Microsoft Word

     3.1.2 Microsoft Excel

     3.1.3 Microsoft PowerPoint

 3.2 Kau Pak Kwan and WPS

 3.3 Evermore Integrated Office

 3.4 RedOffice

 3.5 Software Suites and Integrated Packages

     3.5.1 Software Suites

     3.5.2 Integrated Packages

Unit 4 Software Developing

 4.1 Software Engineers and Programmers

     4.1.1 Nature ofthe work

     4.1.2 Work environment

     4.1.3 Education and training

     4.1.4 Certification and other qualifications

 4.2 Programming Languages

     4.2.1 Languages overview

     4.2.2 C/C++

    4.2.3 Java

    4.2.4 C#

 4.3 Software Copyright

Unit 5

    Database

         Technology

 5.1 Database Model

     5.1.1 Hierarchical Model

     5.1.2 Network Model

     5.1.3 Relational Model

     5.1.4 Object-Oriented Model

 5.2 Relational Database

     5.2.1 SQL

     5.2.2 Choosing a Database

 5.3 Object Oriented Database

Unit 6 Multimedia

 6.1 MultiMedia System

 6.2 Multimedia Industry

 6.3 Demands on Hardware

 6.4 Social Issues

Unit 7 Network and Internet

 7.1 What Is the Internet

     7.1.1 Introduction

     7.1.2 The Internet architecture

     7.1.3 A definition for the Internet

     7.1.4 The Domain Name System

  7.2 Network Protocol

     7.2.1 TCP/IP protocol suit

     7.2.2 TCP/IP applications

     7.2.3 Introduction of DNS

  7.3 Future of the Internet

     7.3.1 Multimedia applications

     7.3.2 Commercial use

     7.3.3 The wireless Internet

Unit 8 Security and Anti-Virus

 8.1 Anti-Virus Programs

 8.2 Keep Your System Patched

 8.3 Reading Email with Attachments

 8.4 Firewall Program

 8.5 Make Backups of Important Files and Folders

 8.6 Use Strong Passwords

 8.7 Use Care When Downloading and Installing Programs

 8.8 Summary

Unit 9 E-commerce

 9.1 What Is E-Commerce

 9.2 Types of E-Commerce

 9.3 E-commerce in China

 9.4 E-Commerce Security

Unit 10 Website Technology Forecast

  10.1 HTML Outline

  10.2 XML Foundation

  10.3 XHTML

  10.4 DHTML

  10.5 Wireless Networking

  10.6 Dynamic Website Technology

课文参考译文

课后习题参考答案

附录A 购买电脑知识若干

附录B 计算机专业英语词汇

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