Unit One 1
TEXT The Career of Information Technology Graduates 1
Reading Material A The ENIAC 4
Reading Material B What Is a Computer? 5
Unit Two 7
TEXT Java Language 7
Reading Material A What Is Java? 10
Reading Material B Five Phases of Software Development 12
Test Yourself 1 14
Unit Three 18
TEXT The Buyer's Guide(1) 18
Reading Material A How to Buy a Home Computer(1) 22
Reading Material B How to Buy a Home Computer(2) 24
Unit Four 25
TEXT The Buyer's Guide(2) 25
Reading Material A How to Buy a Home Computer(3) 29
Reading Material B Computer System 32
Test Yourself 2 35
Unit Five 39
TEXT Plug and Play 39
Reading Material A Introduction to Microsoft Certification Program 42
Reading Material B Microsoft Certifications 43
Unit Six 45
TEXT Two Main Asynchronous Communication Methods in Cyberspace 45
Reading Material A Controversial Visions on Cyberspace 48
Reading Material B Two Synchronous Communications Based on Text 50
Test Yourself 3 52
Unit Seven 56
TEXT Newsgroups 56
Reading Material A IP Telephony 59
Reading Material B FTP 60
Unit Eight 62
TEXT Web's Next Battle:Instant Messaging 62
Reading Material A Instant Messaging Guide 65
Reading Material B ICQ 66
Test Yourself 4 70
Unit Nine 74
TEXT How Computer Viruses Spread 74
Reading Material A Types of Computer Viruses Infection 77
Reading Material B Trojans and Worms 78
Unit Ten 81
TEXT The Next Net 81
Reading Material A The Merging of Man & PC in the 21st Century 84
Reading Material B Net Impact:So Far So Good 86
Test Yourself 5 88
Unit Eleven 90
TEXT Digital Signal Processors and Its Applications 90
Reading Material A Speech Synthesis 94
Reading Material B Speech Recognition 96
Unit Twelve 98
TEXT Modern Role of Cryptography 98
Reading Material A An Initial Hint on Foundations of Cryptography 103
Reading Material B Basis of Information Security:More than Computational Intractability 104
Test Yourself 6 106
Unit Thirteen 108
TEXT Communication Network 108
Reading Material A Future Network Architectures and Their Services 112
Reading Material B Key Factors in Communication Network Evolution 114
Unit Fourteen 117
TEXT Signal and System 117
Reading Material A Overview of Specific Systems(1) 122
Reading Material B Overview of Specific Systems(2) 124
Test Yourself 7 126
Unit Fifteen 131
TEXT Introduction to ISDN 131
Reading Material A Broadband ISDN 134
Reading Material B Network Management 137
Unit Sixteen 140
TEXT Characteristics of Communication Channels 140
Reading Material A Modern Means of Communication 144
Reading Material B Using a Mouse 146
期末测试 149
课文参考译文 153
Appendix Ⅰ "An overview of what make up an information system:people,procedures,software,hardware,and data." 174
Appendix Ⅱ Vocabulary 180
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary 193
Appendix Ⅳ Abbreviations in the TEXT 201
Appendix Ⅴ Abbreviations for Network 204
Appendix Ⅵ Abbreviations for Electronics and Communications 217
参考文献 238