本书旨在使读者掌握计算机专业英语术语, 培养和提高读者阅读和笔译专业英语文献资料的能力, 并通过课堂英语交流, 提高学生英语口语能力。
本书素材取自国外*近几年计算机科学各个领域的*新教材、专著、论文和计算机网络信息,内容新颖、覆盖面广、系统性强、可读性好。为了方便教学,本��附有部分参考译文, 以及取材所用的参考文献。
本书可以作为高等院校计算机专业的专业英语教材, 也可供计算机专业人员及其他有兴趣的读者学习参考。

Lesson 1 Hardware I
1.1 A Closer Look at the Processor and Primary Storage
1.2 Bus Interconnection
1.3 Integrated Circuit—Moore’s law
1.4 CISC and RISC
1.5 Computer Architectures
Lesson 2 Hardware II
2.1 Optical Storage Media: HighDensity Storage
2.2 USB—Universal Serial Bus
2.3 RAID Technology
2.4 The External Interface: SCSI and FireWire
Lesson 3 Programming
3.1 C++ and ObjectOriented Programming
3.2 Programming Language FORTRAN 90
3.3 Introduction to Java
3.4 Advanced Visual C++ Features
3.5 Parallelism and Compiler
Lesson 4 Operating System
4.1 Summary of OS
4.2 Window Managers
4.3 Myths of UNIX
4.4 Using Linux in Embedded and Realtime Systems
Lesson 5 Computer Networks
5.1 Internet
5.2 Intranet
5.3 Browser/Server Computing
5.4 Extending Your Markup:An XML Tutorial
5.5 Network Protocols
Lesson 6 Network Communication
6.1 Two Approaches to Network Communication
6.2 Carrier Frequencies and Multiplexing
6.3 Wavelength Division Multiplexing:Ultra High Speed Fiber Optics
6.4 Gigabit Ethernet: From 100 to 1000Mbps
6.5 Wireless network
6.6 Getting to 3G(Reading Material)
Lesson 7 Database
7.1 An Overview of a Database System
7.2 Introduction to SQL
7.3 ObjectOriented Database Management Systems
7.4 The Oracle DBMS
7.5 About Data Warehouse
7.6 Universal Data Access(UDA)Overview
Lesson 8 Multimedia
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Audio
8.3 Video Compression
8.4 Synchronization 
8.5 An Introduction to Desktop Conferencing(Reading Material)
Lesson 9 Artificial Intelligence
9.1 Overview of Artificial Intelligence
9.2 About Expert System
9.3 AI Programming Languages PROLOG
9.4 Computer Recognition of Speech
9.5 Neural Networks
9.6 Industrial Robotics(Reading Material)
Lesson 10 Data Structure and Algorithms
10.1 Abstract Data Types
10.2 Heterogeneous Linked Lists
10.3 Block Sorting Algorithms:Parallel and Distributed Algorithm
10.4 DivideandConquer
10.5 NPHard and NPComplete Problems(Reading Material)
Lesson 11 Fundamentals of the Computing Sciences
11.1 Predicates
11.2 Basic Concepts of Modern Algebra
Lesson 12 Computer Applications Ⅰ
12.1 ComputerAided Design
12.2 Introduction to CAM
12.3 Introductory Overview of CIM
12.4 Management Information System(MIS)
12.5 Geographic Information Systems(GIS):A New Way to Look at Business Data
Lesson 13 Computer Applications Ⅱ
13.1 Distance Education Technological Models 
13.2 What is“Electronic Business”?
13.3 The Virtual Reality Responsive Workbench
Lesson 14 Software Development
14.1 Overview of Software Engineering
14.2 UML in Action
14.3 Overview of the Capability Maturity Model
14.4 Rapid Application Prototyping(RAP)
14.5 Requirements for the Next Generation Methods and Case Environments
Lesson 15 Miscellaneous
15.1 What Do I Need to Know about Viruses?
15.2 Modern CryptographyData Encryption
15.3 Firewalls and Proxies
15.4 Computer & Control Abstracts
参考译文
1.3 集成电路——摩尔定律
1.4 CISC和RISC
2.2 通用串行总线
2.3 廉价磁盘机冗余阵列 
3.2 程序设计语言FORTRAN 90
3.5 并行性和编译程序
4.3 UNIX的神话
4.5 在嵌入式和实时系统中使用Linux
5.2 内部网
5.3 浏览器/服务器计算 
6.1 网络通信的两种方法
6.5 无线网络
7.1 数据库系统概述
7.6 通用数据访问(UDA)概述
8.3 视频图像压缩
8.5 桌面会议介绍
9.2 专家系统
9.5 神经网络
10.4 分治法
11.1 谓词
11.5 原始递归函数
12.2 CAM介绍
12.5 地理信息系统(GIS):查看事务数据的新方法
13.3 虚拟现实响应工作台
14.2 UML在运转
14.5 下一代方法和CASE环境的需求
15.2 现代密码学——数据加密
15.3 防火墙和代理
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本书旨在使读者掌握计算机专业英语术语,培养和提高读者阅读和笔译专业英语文献资料的能力,并通过课堂英语交流,提高学生的英语口头表达能力。
为了便于读者阅读和口语练习,本版做了如下修改:
·单词部分提供国际音标,并增加了数学符号表示法的读法
·注释部分增加专业知识的诠释
·练习部分提供了英语口语练习的题目
·提供更多的参考译文
为反映计算机科学的当前发展,在内容上也进行了补充和调整:
·把第1课扩充成两课:硬件Ⅰ和硬件Ⅱ,内容包括闪存、USB接口、总线和IC等
 ·网络增加了无线网
 ·数据库部分增加了数据挖掘
 ·其他调整,例如补充了作为近世代数基本内容的半群与群一节等
 本书可读性好,内容覆盖面大,且反映了计算机科学的基础和当前发展,可供各大专院校作为计算机专业英语教材,也可作为其他广大读者的自学教材。
本书保持了前两版的编排格式和基本风格。各校教师可根据自己的具体情况,因材施教,在每一课里挑选若干篇课文进行教学。本书每一课都给出了笔译和口语两种练习题。为了加强学生的英语口语能力,可结合所列题目,组织学生进行课堂小组讨论或讲述。