计算机专业学生的基本要求是读懂外方的软件需求文档和在编程中根据要求插入简单的注释文本。因此在本书编写过程中，强调简单文本写作及强调专业术语与基本科技英语语法。同时，为了提高效率和便于工作中的资料积累与交流，介绍一些翻译技巧，使学生能够把看懂的内容用比较准确和流畅的中文表达出来，能够把软件设计与实现中的思路翻译成简单英文。课文后面还有关键术语的解释、翻译技巧及技术方面、语言方面的知识，非常实用。

本书是为计算机专业本科三年级学生编写的专业英语教材，全书分20章，每章有一篇计算机时文和难句解释，并将文中涉及的关键术语放在练习中，每章最后还有课外阅读。为了帮助学生阅读和翻译科技文献，每章会介绍一些翻译技巧。时文选择既考虑让学生掌握必要的专业词汇，又考虑介绍一些前沿技术，开拓学生的视野。作者作为一线教师，了解学生的知识水平、接受能力和需求点，而且翻译过大量计算机图书，有丰富的翻译经验，翻译技巧的系统介绍是本书的一大特色。

Chapter 1 Personal Computer

 1.1 Text

 1.2 Notes

 1.3 Keywords

 1.4 Exercises

 1.5 Related Topics

 1.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 2 Hard Disks

 2.1 Text

 2.2 Notes

 2.3 Keywords

 2.4 Exercises

 2.5 Related Topics

 2.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 3 Monitor

 3.1 Text

 3.2 Notes

 3.3 Keywords

 3.4 Exercises

 3.5 Related Topics

 3.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 4 Mouse

 4.1 Text

 4.2 Notes

 4.3 Keywords

 4.4 Exercises

 4.5 Related Topics

 4.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 5 How Bits and Bytes Work

 5.1 Text

 5.2 Notes

 5.3 Keywords

 5.4 Exercises

 5.5 Related Topics

 5.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 6 Microrocessor

 6.1 Text

 6.2 Notes

 6.3 Keywords

 6.4 Exercises

 6.5 Related Topics

 6.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 7 Application Software

 7.1 Text

 7.2 Notes

 7.3 Keywords

 7.4 Exercises

 7.5 Related Topics

 7.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 8 Compiler

 8.1 Text

 8.2 Notes

 8.3 Keywords

 8.4 Exercises

 8.5 Related Topics

 8.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 9 How Java Works

 9.1 Text

 9.2 Notes

 9.3 Keywords

 9.4 Exercises

 9.5 Related Topics

 9.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 10 DBMS

 10.1 Text

 10.2 Notes

 10.3 Keywords

 10.4 Exercises

 10.5 Related Topics

 10.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 11 Artificial Intelligence

 11.1 Text

 11.2 Notes

 11.3 Keywords

 11.4 Exercises

 11.5 Related Topics

 11.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 12 Neural Network

 12.1 Text

 12.2 Notes

 12.3 Keywords

 12.4 Exercises

 12.5 Related Topics

 12.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 13 How DSL Works

 13.1 Text

 13.2 Notes

 13.3 Keywords

 13.4 Exercises

 13.5 Related Topics

 13.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 14 Internet Infrastucture

 14.1 Text

 14.2 Notes

 14.3 Keywords

 14.4 Exercises

 14.5 Related Topics

 14.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 15 How Internet Search Engines Work

 15.1 Text

 15.2 Notes

 15.3 Keywords

 15.4 Exercises

 15.5 Related Topics

 15.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 16 Encryption

 16.1 Text

 16.2 Notes

 16.3 Keywords

 16.4 Exercises

 16.5 Related Topics

 16.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 17 Taking A Closer Look at the DCE

 17.1 Text

 17.2 Notes

 17.3 Keywords

 17.4 Exercises

 17.5 Related Topics

 17.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 18 How MP3 Files Work

 18.1 Text

 18.2 Notes

 18.3 Keywords

 18.4 Exercises

 18.5 Related Topics

 18.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 19 Shockwave 3-D Technology

 19.1 Text

 19.2 Notes

 19.3 Keywords

 19.4 Exercises

 19.5 Related Topics

 19.6 Additional Reading

Chapter 20 PlayStation 2

 20.1 Text

 20.2 Notes

 20.3 Keywords

 20.4 Exercises

 20.5 Related Topics

 20.6 Additional Reading

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