本书是为开设计算机专业英语课程的普通高校和广大有志于自学计算机英语的人员而编写的教材。全书共15章,分为两大部分:一部分是传统的计算机科学技术领域,包括计算机系统、操作系统、数据库、数据结构、计算机网络等内容;另一部分是新兴的领域,包括信息**与技术、地理信息系统、图像处理和电子商务等内容。每章包括两篇正文和两篇阅读材料以及练习。每篇正文后附有单词注解和难句翻译。正文属于精读、精讲的内容。阅读材料主要侧重相应领域的*新发展动态,选文主要来源于近三年的外文期刊和有关网站,目的是开拓学生的专业视野,激发学生的学习和阅读兴趣。本书内容新颖,选文来源宽泛,注重保持选文内容的原汁原味。
本书可以作为计算机类专业本科或者专科的专业英语教材,也可以作为信息类专业的选修教材,还可供参加计算机水平考试的考生、IT行业的工程技术人员学习参考。

Foreword
Chapter One The Fundamental of Computers
Unit 1 Computer Types
Unit 2 The Year 2038 Problem
Reading Material 1 History of Electronic Digital Computers
Reading Material 2 Cable vs. DSL
Chapter Two Computer Architecture
Unit 1 Computer Motherboard
Unit 2 Memory Hierarchy in Cache-based Systems
Reading Material 1 Multi-core (computing)
Reading Material 2 12C
Chapter Three Data Structure
Unit 1 Balanced Tree Data Structures
Unit 2 Quicksort
Reading Material 1 Linked List
Reading Material 2 New Algorithms for Maintaining All-pairs Shortest Paths
Chapter Four Operating System
Unit 1 Operating System Structure
Unit2 Linux
Reading Material 1 Porting Window CE Operating System to Broadband Enabled STB Devices
Reading Material 2 Windows Vista
Chapter Five Programming Languages
Unit 1 History of Programming Languages
Unit 2 Object-oriented Programming
Reading Material 1 Introduction to the C# Language and the NET Framework
Reading Material 2 Introduction to Python
Chapter Six Database Systems
Unit 1 Introduction to Database Systems
Unit 2 Distributed Database
Reading Material 1 SQL Server
Reading Material 2 Oracle Database
Chapter Seven Computer Network
Unit 1 Network Topology
Unit 2 Sliding Window Protocols
Reading Material 1 IPv6
Reading Material 2 Router
Chapter Eight Internet
Unit 1 A Basic Guide to the Internet
Unit 2 DNS (Domain Name System)
Reading Material 1 HTTP Cookies
Reading Material 2 What Is Web 2. 0
Chapter Nine Geographic Information System
Unit 1 GIS Introduction
Unit 2 GIS Data
Reading Material 1 Application of GIS Techniques in Hong Kong's Population Census
Reading Material 2 Use of ARC/INFO in the National Water-quality Assessment Program--South Platte River Basin Study
Chapter Ten Information Security
Unit 1 How to Implement Trusted Computing
Unit 2 Computer Virus
Reading Material 1 A National Cyberspace Security Response System
Reading Material 2 Carnivorous
Chapter Eleven Information Security Technologies
Unit 1 Intrusion Detection Systems and Intrusion Response Mechanism
Unit 2 An Introduction to Information Security
Reading Material 1 Introduction to Firewall
Reading Material 2 Internet Security Architecture
Chapter Twelve Digital Image Processing
Unit 1 A Basic Introduction to Image Processing
Unit 2 Adult Image Detection Using Statistical Model and Neutral Network
Reading Material 1 An Introduction to Machine Vision
Reading Material 2 An Overview of JPEG-2000
Chapter Thirteen Management Information System
Unit 1 Data Warehouse
Unit 2 Data Mining
Reading Material 1 Oracle Data Mining
Reading Material 2 Steps Involved in Building a Data Warehouse
Chapter Fourteen E-Commerce
Unit 1 Electronic Commerce
Unit 2 Taking Payments Online: The 5 Elements of E-Commerce
Reading Material 1 Seven Practical Trends in B2B Marketing
Reading Material 2 Introduction to How PayPal Works
Chapter Fifteen The Future of Information Technology
Unit 1 Automated Intrusion Response
Unit 2 Native XML Databases
Reading Material 1 3G Technology
Reading Material 2 Voice over IP
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