本书为高职高专计算机相关专业的英语教材。所选内容软件、硬件和网络并重,同时兼顾发展热点。同时遵循"E-learn"教学理念,书中提供了适当的开放性练习,以培养学生的创造性学习能力。
本书以Unit为单元,每一Unit课由以下几部分组成:课文--课文选材广泛、风格多样、切合实际;单词--给出课文中出现的新词,学生由此可以积累计算机专业的基本词汇;词组--给出课文中的常用词组;缩略语--给出课文中出现的、业内人士必须掌握的缩略语;难句讲解--讲解课文中出现的疑难句子,培养学生阅读理解能力;习题--既有针对课文的练习,也有一些开放性的练习;阅读材料--进一步扩大视野。
本书旨在切实提高读者实际使用计算机英语的能力,帮助读者学到目前*常用的、*新的计算机专业英语知识。
本书既可作为高等专科院校、高等职业院校的专业英语教材,也可供**的中专和职高的选用,还可作为培训班教材和供从业人员��学。

Unit 1 1
Text The Elementary Components of PC (1) 1
New Words 5
Phrases 6
Abbreviations 7
Notes 7
Exercises 9
Reading Material Scanner 11
Unit 2 15
Text The Elementary Components of PC (2) 15
New Words 19
Phrases 20
Abbreviations 20
Notes 20
Exercises 21
Reading Material The HP DVD-Writer DVD100i 23
Unit 3 28
Text The Notebook 28
New Words 32
Phrases 33
Abbreviations 33
Notes 33
Exercises 34
Reading Material The digital camera 36
Unit 4 43
Text The Personal Printers 43
New Words 46
Phrases 47
Abbreviations 47
Notes 47
Exercises 49
Reading Material The PDA 51
Unit 5 57
Text VIA P4X333 with DDR333 and AGP 8x 57
New Words 62
Phrases 63
Abbreviations 63
Notes 63
Exercises 65
Reading Material BIOS Tuning: Maximum Power 67
Unit 6 74
Text The TFT Guide 74
New Words 76
Phrases 78
Abbreviations 79
Notes 79
Exercises 80
Reading Material The MP3 players 82
Unit 7 89
Text Windows XP 89
New Words 92
Phrases 94
Abbreviations 94
Notes 94
Exercises 96
Reading Material FrontPage 98
Unit 8 104
Text Microsoft Word 104
New Words 106
Phrases 107
Abbreviations 108
Notes 108
Exercises 109
Reading Material Excel 2000/XP 111

Unit 9 119
Text Microsoft PowerPoint 119
New Words 121
Phrases 122
Abbreviations 123
Notes 123
Exercises 124
Reading Material Microsoft Outlook 126
Unit 10 131
Text Microsoft Access 131
New Words 134
Phrases 136
Abbreviations 136
Notes 136
Exercises 137
Reading Material AutoCAD 2002 139
Unit 11 144
Text The Basics of C++ 144
New Words 147
Phrases 148
Abbreviations 148
Notes 148
Exercises 149
Reading Material EDI, e-business,And ERP 151
Unit 12 156
Text ARPANET 156
New Words 159
Phrases 160
Abbreviations 161
Notes 162
Exercises 163
Reading Material Wireless LAN, WAP, And Bluetooth 165
Unit 13 169
Text Java Technology 169
New Words 173
Phrases 174
Abbreviations 175
Notes 175
Exercises 176
Reading Material Understanding the World Wide Web 178
Unit 14 186
Text Object-Oriented Programming Concepts 186
New Words 189
Phrases 191
Abbreviations 192
Notes 192
Exercises 192
Reading Material Introduction to TCP/IP 194
Unit 15 201
Text The Short History of Computer 201
New Words 205
Phrases 207
Abbreviations 208
Notes 208
Exercises 210
Reading Material The various generations of processors over the past 20 years 212