Chapter 1 Choosing Your Computer 1
Section A Choosing Your Computer:Desktop or Laptop? 1
Section B Pros and Cons of Desktop Computers 5
Section C Pros and Cons of Laptop Computers 10
Grammar 科技英语的语言特点（Ⅰ）——词的特点 15
Chapter 2 Computer Hardware 22
Section A CPU 22
Section B Memory 30
Section C I/O Subsystem Organization and Interfacing 36
Grammar 科技英语的语言特点（Ⅱ）——用句的特点 39
Chapter 3 Computer Languages 47
Section A Programming Language 47
Section B The Java Language 52
Section C Java Server Pages(JSP) 57
Grammar 科技英语的写作特点（Ⅰ）——直线发展与逐层递进 61
Chapter 4 Windows Programming 69
Section A Windows Programming Options 69
Section B Using Unicode in Windows 73
Section C Windows and Messages 79
Grammar 科技英语的写作特点（Ⅱ）——以专业词汇来完成的文体特点 83
Chapter 5 Software Engineering 89
Section A The Tar Pit 89
Section B The Software Life Cycle 94
Section C Design Methodologies 101
Grammar 科技英语翻译方法与技巧（Ⅰ）——翻译的步骤 105
Chapter 6 Get Your Arms around Microsoft SQL Server 112
Section A Introduction to SQL Server 2005 112
Section B Database Scalability Revisited 116
Section C Features for Database Development 120
Grammar 科技英语翻译方法与技巧（Ⅱ）——英语中词的翻译 125
Chapter 7 Computer Networking and Networking Security 131
Section A Computer Networking 131
Section B History and Present Situation of the Internet 135
Section C Network Security 141
Grammar 科技英语翻译方法与技巧（Ⅲ）——英语中句型的翻译 146
Chapter 8 The Most Popular Operating System:Windows Vista 153
Section A Working in Windows Vista 153
Section B Running Programs 157
Section C Working with Text,Pictures 163
Grammar 科技英语翻译中的长句的翻译 167
Chapter 9 Designing Web Navigation and XML 173
Section A Introducing Web Navigation 173
Section B A Framework for Navigation Design 178
Section C What is XML? 183
Grammar 科技文献翻译中的汉语表达 186
Chapter 10 ．NET Framework 192
Section A What is ．NET? 192
Section B Using Visual Studio ．NET 196
Section C Using the ．NET SDK 201
Grammar 英文科技文献的阅读技巧 205
Chapter 11 How the Internet Works 211
Section A Transmitting Information over the Internet 211
Section B Communicating on the Internet 215
Section C Common Internet Tools 218
Grammar 科技英语听力的学习方法 222
Chapter 12 Distributed Systems 227
Section A Characterization of Distributed Systems 227
Section B Challenges of Distributed Systems 232
Section C Architecture Models of Distributed Systems 238
Grammar 英文科技文献的阅读与检索方法 243
Chapter 13 Artificial Intelligence 251
Section A Expert Systems 251
Section B Strategies for State Space Search 256
Section C Current Challenges and Future Directions 261
Grammar 其他计算机英文文章的写作技巧 268
习题参考答案 276
参考文献 293