本書以計算機學科的各分支為基礎，選取分支中的典型素材、新發展的簡介以及最新和常用的術語，使讀者能通過學習，從英語角度鞏固和擴大計算機專業知識，同時及時了解計算機領域的新進展和新術語。
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本書素材取自近年來國外計算機科學各領域的最新教材、專著、論文和計算機網絡信息， 內容新穎、與時俱進、覆蓋面廣、結構合理、系統性強。為了方便讀者，本書配有光盤，內容包含單詞匯總、縮略語與術語索引以及部分音頻和視頻素材等。為了方便教學，另配有教學資源，向采用本書作為教材的教師免費提供，請登錄華信教育資源網注冊后下載。
金志權，1968年-至今 南京大學計算機系任教
Unit 1 Hardware Ⅰ
1.1 A Closer Look at the Processor and Primary Storage
1.2 Integrated CircuitMoore’s Law
1.3 Multicore Processors
1.4 Computer Architectures
Unit 2 Hardware Ⅱ
2.1 Optical Storage Media: HighDensity Storage
2.1.1 Optical Laser Disks
2.1.2 DVDs
2.2 Display Devices
2.3 3D Printing
2.4 The External Interface: USB
Unit 3 Computer Programming and Programming Languages
3.1 Computer Programming
3.2 C++ and ObjectOriented Programming
3.3 JavaScript Tutorial
3.4 Introduction to Java
3.5 Characteristics of Web Programming Languages
Unit 4 Operating System
4.1 Summary of OS
4.2 Using the Windows Operating System
4.3 Window Managers
4.4 Myths of UNIX
4.5 Using Linux in Embedded and Realtime System
Unit 5 Computer Networks
5.1 Internet
5.2 Extending Your Markup: An XML Tutorial
5.3 Network Protocols
5.3.1 Protocol Hierarchies
5.3.2 WAPThe Wireless Application Protocol
5.4 Mobile Internet, Mobile Web
Unit 6 Network Communication
6.1 Two Approaches to Network Communication
6.2 Carrier Frequencies and Multiplexing
6.3 Internet of Things
6.4 Wireless Network
Unit 7 Database
7.1 An Overview of a Database System
7.2 Introduction to SQL
7.3 Objectrelational Database
7.4 Data Warehouse
7.4.1 Data Warehouse
7.4.2 What is Data Mining?
7.5 Big Data
Unit 8 Multimedia
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 Main Properties of a Multimedia System
8.1.2 Multimedia
8.2 Audio
8.2.1 Computer Representation of Sound
8.2.2 Audio Formats
8.2.3 MP3 Compression
8.3 Video
8.3.1 Video Compression
8.3.2 MP4
8.4 Synchronization
Unit 9 Artificial Intelligence
9.1 Overview of Artificial Intelligence
9.2 About Expert System
9.3 Neural Networks
9.4 Industrial Robotics
Unit 10 Data Structure and Algorithms
10.1 Abstract Data Types and Algorithms
10.2 Spanning Tree
10.3 Block Sorting Algorithms: Parallel and Distributed Algorithm
10.4 DivideandConquer
Unit 11 Fundamentals of the Computing Sciences
11.1 Set Theory
11.2 Predicates
11.3 Languages and Grammars
11.4 FiniteState Machines
Unit 12 Computer Applications Ⅰ
12.1 Computer Graphics
12.2 ComputerAided Design
12.3 The Virtual Reality Responsive Workbench
12.4 Graphical User Interface
Unit 13 Computer Applications Ⅱ
13.1 Distance Education Technological Models
13.2 Electronic Business
13.3 EGovernment—Introduction
13.4 Office Automation
Unit 14 Computer Applications Ⅲ
14.1 Geographic Information Systems (GIS): A New Way to Look at Business Data
14.2 Introduction to GPS
14.3 Management Information Systems (MIS)
14.4 Enterprise Resource Planning
Unit 15 Software Development
15.1 Overview of Software Engineering
15.2 Unified Modeling Language
15.3 Integrated Computer Aided Software Engineering
15.4 Agile Software Development Methods
15.5 Middleware
Unit 16 Network Security
16.1 What Do I Need to Know about Viruses?
16.2 Modern Cryptography—Data Encryption
16.3 Firewalls and Proxies
Unit 17 Some Computer Systems
17.1 Embedded Systems
17.2 Distributed Systems
17.3 Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage
參考譯文
1.2 集成電路——摩爾定律
2.4 外部接口： 通用串行總線
3.2 C++和面向對象的程序設計
4.4 UNIX的神話
4.5 在嵌入式和實時系統中使用Linux
5.3.1 協議分層
6.1 網絡通信的兩種方法
6.4 無線網絡
7.1 數據庫系統概述
7.5 大數據
8.3.1 視頻圖像壓縮
9.2 專家系統
9.3 神經網絡
10.3 塊排序算法：并行和分布式算法
10.4 分治法
11.2 謂詞
12.3 虛擬現實響應工作臺
12.4 圖形用戶界面
13.1 遠程教育技術模型
14.1 地理信息系統（GIS）：查看商務數據的新方法
15.2 統一建模語言
16.2 現代密碼學——數據加密
16.3 防火墻和代理
17.3 云計算和云存儲
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