UNIT 1 The introduction of the computer 1
1.1 The structure of the PC 2
1.2 Computer architectures 8
1.3 Types of the computer 9
UNIT 2 The development of the computer 13
2.1 The compatibility of the computer 14
2.2 The development of the CPU chips 15
2.3 PCs to gain direct connection to CICS server 17
2.4 PowerPCBooks may sweep desktop clean 20
UNIT 3 Operating system 25
3.1 Typical functions of an operating system 26
3.2 Modes of operation 28
3.3 MS-DOS 30
3.5 Windows 95 will get DMI by fall 35
UNIT 4 Programming language 41
4.1 Object-Oriented Programming 42
4.2 Visual BASIC 45
UNIT 5 Database 51
5.1 Why use a Database? 52
5.2 Structured query language 53
5.3 dBASE IV 54
5.4 Smooth transition to Visual FoxPro 56
5.5 Oracle, Sybase embrace multimedia databases 59
UNIT 6 Office automation 63
6.1 What Is office automation? 64
6.2 Accounting information systems 66
6.3 Database administration 68
6.4 Retail System 69
6.5 What is AutoCAD? 71
UNIT 7 Software engineering 75
7.1 Definition of software engineering 76
7.2 Systems development methodology 78
7.3 Integrating case tools with a systems development methodology 81
UNIT 8 Network 85
8.1 Overview of LAN 86
8.2 Components of client-server architecture 88
8.3 Networking comes home to NEST 90
8.4 Upgrade today to the only network operating system better than NetWare 3: NetWare 4.1. 93
8.5 The Information superhighway 96
UNIT 9 Security 99
9.1 Fighting the viruses: practical anti-virus training 100
9.2 A view of information security tomorrow 104
UNIT 10 Artificial intelligence 107
10.1 Artificial intelligence 108
10.2 Expert system 109
10.3 OCR software hits new highs 111
UNIT 11 Multimedia 117
11.1 What is multimedia? 118
11.2 What is the MPC atandard? 119
11.3 Samples of Multimedia uses 121
UNIT 12 Distributed database 127
12.1 Overview 128
12.2 Hardware platform 132
12.3 Types of software 133
12.4 Distributed database and networking 135
12.5 Client server architecture 137
UNIT 13 The application of the computer 141
13.1 Security of electronic data interchange(EDI) 142
13.2 Financial EDI vs. EFT: what s the difference? 143
13.3 E-mail: Not just for gossip anymore 147
13.4 Real-time ATM set for next century 149
UNIT 14 计算机广告的阅读与编写 153
UNIT 15 计算机说明书的阅读与编写 159
UNIT 16 计算机最新软件菜单的使用 165
UNIT 17 计算机常见屏幕提示及相应处理 179
UNIT 18 如何写科技论文及论文摘要 191
参考译文 201
附录 263
A 常用计算机词汇 264
B 常用计算机缩略语 282
参考文献 304