本书旨在提高读者阅读理解和翻译专业英语的应用能力和以英语为工具获取交流信息的专业技术。
本书在体例上以单元划分。每个单元都由课文、单词和词组、注释、练习和阅读材料组成。每两个单元之后有一套自我测试题。后面附有课文参考译文。知识覆盖面宽,并注意题材的多样性,通俗易懂,尽量使学生达到学用结合的目的。
本教材适合信息技术各专业及相关的计算机、通信专业以及相近专业的大学本科和高职高专的学生使用。也可供广大工程技术人员学习和参考。

Unit One
TEXT The Career of Information Technology Graduates
Reading Material A The ENIAC
Reading Material B What Is a Computer?
Unit Two
TEXT Java Language
Reading Material A What Is Java?
Reading Material B Five Phases of Software Development
Test ](ourself 1
Unit Three
TEXT The Buyer s Guide ( 1 )
Reading Material A How to Buy a Home Computer ( 1 )
Reading Material B How to Buy a Home Computer (2)
Unit Four
TEXT The Buyer' s Guide (2)
Reading Material A How to Buy a Home Computer (3)
Reading Material B Computer System
Test Yourself 2
Unit Five
TEXT Plug and Play
Reading Material A Introduction to Microsoft Certification Program
Reading Material B Microsoft Certifications
Unit Six
TEXT Two Main Asynchronous Communication Methods in Cyberspace
Reading Material A Controversial Visions on Cyberspace
Reading Material B Two Synchronous Communications Based on Text
Test Yourself 3
Unit Seven
TEXT Newsgroups
Reading Material A IP Telephony
Reading Material B FTP
Unit Eight
TEXT Web' s Next Battle Instant Messaging
Reading Material A Instant Messaging Guide
Reading Material B ICQ
Test Yourself 4
Unit Nine
TEXT How Computer Viruses Spread
Reading Material A Types of Computer Viruses Infection
Reading Material B Trojans and Worms
Unit Ten
TEXT The Next Net
Reading Material A The Merging of Man & PC in the 21st Century
Reading Material B Net Impact So Far So Good
Test Yourself 5
Unit Eleven
TEXT Digital Signal Processors and Its Applications
Reading Material A Speech Synthesis
Reading Material B Speech Recognition
Unit Twelve
TEXT Modern Role of Cryptography
Reading Material A An Initial Hint on Foundations of Cryptography
Reading Material B Basis of Information Security More than Computational Intractability
Test Yourself 6
Unit Thirteen
TEXT Communication Network
Reading Material A Future Network Architectures and Their Services
Reading Material B Key Factors in Communication Network Evolution
Unit Fourteen
TEXT Signal and System
Reading Material A Overview of Specific Systems ( 1 )
Reading Material B Overview of Specific Systems (2)
Test Yourself 7
Unit Fifteen
TEXT Introduction to ISDN
Reading Material A Broadband ISDN
Reading Material B Network Management
Unit Sixteen
TEXT Characteristics of Communication Channels
Reading Material A Modern Means of Communication
Reading Material B Using a Mouse
Appendix Ⅰ "An overview of what make up an information system people, procedures, software, hardware, and data. "
Appendix Ⅱ Vocabulary
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary
Appendix Ⅳ Abbreviations in the TEXT
Appendix Ⅴ Abbreviations for Network
Appendix Ⅵ Abbreviations for Electronics and Communications