CONTENTS 1
Lesson 1 Hardware Ⅰ 1
1.1 A Closer Look at the Processor and Primary Storage 1
1.2 Bus Interconnection 6
1.3 Integrated Circuit Moore’s law 10
1.4 CISC and RISC 15
1.5 Comp uter Architectures 17
Lesson 2 Hardware II 25
2.1 Optical Storage Media：High-Density Storage 25
2.1.1 Optical Laser Disks 25
2.1.2 Digital Video Disc 26
2.2 USB Universal Serial Bus 30
2.3 RAIDTechnology 34
2.4 The External Interface：SCSI and FireWire 39
3.1 C++ and Object-Oriented Programming 45
Lesson 3 Programming 45
3.2 Programming Language FORTRAN 90 51
3.3 Int roduction to Java 55
3.4 Advanced Visual C++ Features 58
3.5 Parallelism and Compiler 65
Lesson 4 Operating System 69
4.1 SummaryofOS 69
4.2 Window Managers 72
4.3 Mvths of UNIX 75
4.4 Using Linux in Embedded and Real-time Systems 77
Lesson 5 Computer Networks 84
5.1 Internet 84
5.2 Int ranet 89
5.3 Browser/Server Computing 95
5.4 Extending Your Markup：An XMLTutorial 98
5.5 Network Protocols 105
5.5.1 Protocol Hierarchies（Reading Material） 105
5.5.2 WAP The Wireless Application Protocol 112
Lesson 6 Network Communication 118
6.1 Two Approaches to Network Communication 118
6.2 Carrier Frequencies and Multiplexing 120
6.3 Wavelength Division Multiplexing：Ultra High Speed Fiber Optics 124
6.4 Gigabit Ethernet：From 100 to 1000Mbps 129
6.5 Wireless network 138
6.6 Geuing to 3G（Reading Material） 141
Lesson 7 Database 147
7.1 An Overview of a Database System 147
7.2 Introduction to SQL 151
7.3 Object-Oriented Database Management Systems 153
7.4 The Oracle DBMS 158
7.5 About Data Warehouse 164
7.5.1 Data Warehouse 164
7.5.2 Knowledge Modeling——Translate Data Mining Results into Real-World Terms Actions 168
7.6 Universal Data Access（UDA）Overview 170
Lesson 8 Multimedia 176
8.1 Introduction 176
8.1.1 Main Properties of a Multimedia System 176
8.1.2 Multimedia 177
8.2 Audio 179
8.2.1 Computer Representation of Sound 181
8.2.2 Audio Formats 182
8.3 Video Compression 184
8.4 Synchronization 191
8.5 An Introduction to Desktop Conferencing（Reading Material） 193
Lesson 9 Artiticial Intelligence 196
9.1 Overview of Artificial Intelligence 196
9.2 About Expert System 199
9.3 AI Programming Languages PROLOG 203
9.4 Computer Recognition of Speech 207
9.5 Neural Networks 210
9.6 Industrial Robotics（Reading Material） 216
Lesson 10 Data Structure and Algorithms 222
10.1 Abst ract Data Types 222
10.2 Heterogeneous Linked Lists 225
10.3 Block Sorting Algorithms：Parallel and Distributed Algorithm 229
10.4 Divide-and-Conquer 233
10.5 NP-Hard and NP-Complete Problems（Reading Material） 235
Lesson 11 Fundamentals of the Computing Sciences 239
11.1 Predicates 239
11.2 Basic Concepts of Modern Algebra 243
11.2.1 Partially Ordered Sets（Posets） 243
11.2.2 Semigroups and Groups 248
11.3 Languages and Grammars 254
11.4 Finite-State Machines 258
11.5 Primitive Recursive Functions 263
12.1 Computer-Aided Design 267
Lesson 12 Computer Applications Ⅰ 267
12.2 Introduction to CAM 270
12.3 Introductory Overview of CIM 275
12.4 Management Information System（MIS） 280
12.5 Geographic Information Systems（GIS）：A New Way to Look at Business Data 282
Lesson 13 Computer ApplicationsⅡ 287
13.1 Distance Education Technological Models 287
13.2 What is“Electronic Business”？ 291
13.3 The Virtual Reality Responsive Workbench 297
Lesson 14 Software Development 304
14.1 Overview of Software Engineering 304
14.2 UML in Action 307
14.3 Overview of the Capability Maturity Model 310
14.4 Rapid Application Prototyping（RAP） 316
14.5 Requirements for the Next Generation Methods and Case Environments 319
Lesson 15 Miscellaneous 325
15.1 What Do I Need to Know about Viruses？ 325
15.2 Modern Cryptography-Data Encryption 327
15.3 Firewalls and Proxies 331
15.4 Computer Control Abstracts 335
参考译文 343
1.3 集成电路 摩尔定律 343
1.4 CISC和RISC 344
2.2 通用串行总线 344
2.3 廉价磁盘机冗余阵列 346
3.2 程序设计语言 FORTRAN 90 347
3.5 并行性和编译程序 349
4.3 UNIX的神话 350
4.5 在嵌入式和实时系统中使用Linux 351
5.2 内部网 354
5.3 浏览器／服务器计算 355
6.1 网络通信的两种方法 356
6.5 无线网络 357
7.1 数据库系统概述 358
7.6 通用数据访问（UDA）概述 359
8.3 视频图像压缩 361
8.5 桌面会议介绍 363
9.2 专家系统 364
9.5 神经网络 365
10.4 分治法 368
11.1 谓词 369
11.5 原始递归函数 371
12.2 CAM介绍 373
12.5 地理信息系统（GIS）：查看事务数据的新方法 374
13.3 虚拟现实响应工作台 376
14.2 UML在运转 378
14.5 下一代方法和CASE环境的需求 379
15.2 现代密码学 数据加密 381
15.3 防火墙和代理 383
Bibliography 386