本书是一本面向21世纪的计算机专业英语教材，它主要涉及计算机基础知识、计算机专业知识以及计算机前沿技术，具体包括计算机硬件、计算机语言、软件工程、数据库、Intemet、Windows 7操作系统、.NET技术、网络安全、分布式系统、数字媒体技术、游戏动画、嵌入式系统、物联网、云计算以及人工智能等领域的知识和技术。全书以最新的计算机文献和经典原版教材为基础，选材以突出新技术与实用技术且难度适当为目标，并配有同步对照的词汇注释、练习题以及实用的科技英语语法，使读者能够快速掌握计算机专业英语的特点和大量的专业词汇，并对相关的计算机领域知识有所扩展。同时为了方便查阅词汇，正文中还附有词汇表。本书在第l版的基础上增加了目前计算机领域的最新研究热点和前沿知识，能够拓展读者的知识面并使其迅速了解计算机应用的发展方向。
本书可供高等院校计算机专业及相关专业的本、专科学生使用，也可作为计算机水平考试的考生、计算机爱好者以及IT领域的工程技术人员的参考用书。

Chapter 1 Choosing Your Computer
Section A Choosing Your Computer: Desktop or Laptop?
Section B Pros and Cons of the Desktop Computers
Section C Pros and Cons of Laptop Computers
Grammar 1 科技英语的语言特点(Ⅰ )
Chapter 2 Computer Hardware
Section A CPU
Section B Memory
Section C I/O Subsystem Organization and Interfacing
Grammar 2 科技英语的语言特点(Ⅱ )
Chapter 3 Computer Languages
Section A Programming Language
Section B The Java Language
Section C JSP
Grammar3 科技英语的写作特点( Ⅰ )
Chapter4 Windows 7
Section A Features New to Windows 7
Section B Removed Features
Section C Details of Windows 7
Grammar 4 科技英语的写作特点(Ⅱ)
Chapter 5 Windows Programming
Section A Windows Programming Options
Section B Using Unicode in Windows
Section C Windows and Messages
Grammar 5 科技英语的写作特点(Ⅲ)
Chapter 6 Software Engineering
Section A The Tar Pit
Section B The Software Life Cycle
Section C Design Methodologies
Grammar6 科技英语翻译方法与技巧( Ⅰ )
Chapter 7 Get Your Arms around Microsoft SQL Server
Section A Introduction to SQL Server 2005
Section B Database Scalability Revisited
Section C Features for Database Development
Grammar7 科技英语翻译方法与技巧(Ⅱ)
Chapter 8 Computer Networking and Networking Secudty...
Section A Computer Networking
Section B History and Presem Situation of the Interact
Section C Networking Security
Grammar 8 科技英语翻译方法与技巧(Ⅲ)
Chapter 9 .NET Framework
Section A What is .NET?
Section B Using Visual Studio.NET
Section C Using the ,NET SDK
Grammar 9 谈科技翻译中的长句翻译
Chapter 10 Distributed Systems
Section A Characterization of Distributed Systems
Section B Challenges of Distributed Systems
Section C Architecture Models of Distributed Systems
Grammar 10 科技文献翻译中的汉语表达
Chapter 11 Artificial Intelligence
Section A Expert Systems i
Section B Strategies for State Space Search
Section C Current Challenges and Future Directions
Grammar 11 英语科技文献的阅读技巧(Ⅰ)
Chapter 12 Digital Media Technology
Section A Introduction of Digital Media Technology
Section B Virtual Reality Technology
Section C Virtual Reality Modeling Language
Grammar 12 英语科技文献的阅读技巧(Ⅱ)
Chapter 13 Embedded System
Section A Introduction of Embi~dded System
Section B History and Future
Section C Application Area
Grammar 13 谈谈科技英语听力的学习方法
Chapter 14 Internet of Things
Section A The Development History
Section B The Key Technology
Section C Challenges and Concerns
Grammar 14 科技英语文体的基本特点
Chapter 15 Cloud Computing
Section A What Cloud Computing Really Means
Section B Mobile Cloud Computing
Section C Clash of the Clouds
Grammar 15 其他计算机英语文体的写作技巧