Unit 1 Personal Computer 1
Section A Computer Overview 1
Part One Computer Fundamentals 1
Section B Today's Computer 6
Section C Research Papers in English 11
Unit 2 Computer Architecture 14
Section A Computer Architecture 14
Section B The System Software on the Motherboard 20
Section C Abstract 24
Unit 3 Operating System 28
Section A Operating System 28
Section B Linux 33
Section C Body(1)—Introduction 36
Section A Software Development 40
Part Two Software Engineering 40
Unit 4 Software Development 40
Section B Programs and Programming Languages 46
Section C Body(2)—Method and Materials 50
Unit 5 System Analysis and Design 54
Section A Requirement Analysis 54
Section B Object-oriented Design 59
Section C Body(3)—Results and Findings 62
Unit 6 Database 64
Section A Database and MIS 64
Section B Oracle Database Architecture 69
Section C Body(4)—Discussion/Conclusion 74
Section A Computer Network 76
Part Three Computer Network 76
Unit 7 Computer Network 76
Section B LAN Network Design 80
Section C Acknowledgements 85
Unit 8 Network Infrastructure 87
Section A Network Architecture 87
Section B Network-level Protocols 92
Section C References 97
Unit 9 Internet 100
Section A Internet and Information Superhighway 100
Section B E-business 104
Section C Brief Introduction to Authors 107
Section A Multimedia 110
Unit 10 Multimedia Technologies 110
Part Four Computer Application 110
Section B Video and Image Compression 114
Section C Correspondence Between Author and Editor(1) 118
Unit 11 Computer Security 121
Section A Computer Security 121
Section B Computer Viruses 125
Section C Correspondence Between Author and Editor(2) 129
Unit 12 Artificial Intelligence 132
Section A Artificial Intelligence 132
Section B Robotics 137
Section C Sentence Connectors 141
Vocabulary 144