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作者简介

南京大学计算机系教授，著作方向：计算机软件、计算机专业英语，《计算机专业英语教程》(1-5版) （电子工业出版社出版）畅销至今。

CONTENTS
Unit 1 Hardware Ⅰ
1．1 A Closer Look at the Processor and Primary Storage
1．2 Integrated Circuit?Moore’s Law
1．3 Multicore Processors
1．4 Computer Architectures
Unit 2 Hardware Ⅱ
2．1 Optical Storage Media： High?Density Storage
2．1．1 Optical Laser Disks
2．1．2 DVDs
2．2 Display Devices
2．3 3D Printing
2．4 The External Interface： USB
Unit 3 Computer Programming and Programming Languages
3．1 Computer Programming
3．2 C++ and Object?Oriented Programming
3．3 JavaScript Tutorial
3．4 Introduction to Java
3．5 Characteristics of Web Programming Languages
Unit 4 Operating System
4．1 Summary of OS
4．2 Using the Windows Operating System
4．3 Window Managers
4．4 Myths of UNIX
4．5 Using Linux in Embedded and Real?time System
Unit 5 Computer Networks
5．1 Internet
5．2 Extending Your Markup： An XML Tutorial
5．3 Network Protocols
5．3．1 Protocol Hierarchies
5．3．2 WAP?The Wireless Application Protocol
5．4 Mobile Internet， Mobile Web
Unit 6 Network Communication
6．1 Two Approaches to Network Communication
6．2 Carrier Frequencies and Multiplexing
6．3 Internet of Things
6．4 Wireless Network
Unit 7 Database
7．1 An Overview of a Database System
7．2 Introduction to SQL
7．3 Object?relational Database
7．4 Data Warehouse
7．4．1 Data Warehouse
7．4．2 What is Data Mining?
7．5 Big Data
Unit 8 Multimedia
8．1 Introduction
8．1．1 Main Properties of a Multimedia System
8．1．2 Multimedia
8．2 Audio
8．2．1 Computer Representation of Sound
8．2．2 Audio Formats
8．2．3 MP3 Compression
8．3 Video
8．3．1 Video Compression
8．3．2 MP4
8．4 Synchronization
Unit 9 Artificial Intelligence
9．1 Overview of Artificial Intelligence
9．2 About Expert System
9．3 Neural Networks
9．4 Industrial Robotics
Unit 10 Data Structure and Algorithms
10．1 Abstract Data Types and Algorithms
10．2 Spanning Tree
10．3 Block Sorting Algorithms： Parallel and Distributed Algorithm
10．4 Divide?and?Conquer
Unit 11 Fundamentals of the Computing Sciences
11．1 Set Theory
11．2 Predicates
11．3 Languages and Grammars
11．4 Finite?State Machines
Unit 12 Computer Applications Ⅰ
12．1 Computer Graphics
12．2 Computer?Aided Design
12．3 The Virtual Reality Responsive Workbench
12．4 Graphical User Interface
Unit 13 Computer Applications Ⅱ
13．1 Distance Education Technological Models
13．2 Electronic Business
13．3 E?Government―Introduction
13．4 Office Automation
Unit 14 Computer Applications Ⅲ
14．1 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)： A New Way to Look at Business Data
14．2 Introduction to GPS
14．3 Management Information Systems (MIS)
14．4 Enterprise Resource Planning
Unit 15 Software Development
15．1 Overview of Software Engineering
15．2 Unified Modeling Language
15．3 Integrated Computer Aided Software Engineering
15．4 Agile Software Development Methods
15．5 Middleware
Unit 16 Network Security
16．1 What Do I Need to Know about Viruses?
16．2 Modern Cryptography―Data Encryption
16．3 Firewalls and Proxies
Unit 17 Some Computer Systems
17．1 Embedded Systems
17．2 Distributed Systems
17．3 Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage
参考译文
1．2 集成电路――摩尔定律
2．4 外部接口：通用串行总线
3．2 C++和面向对象的程序设计
4．4 UNIX的神话
4．5 在嵌入式和实时系统中使用Linux
5．3．1 协议分层
6．1 网络通信的两种方法
6．4 线网络
7．1 数据库系统概述
7．5 大数据
8．3．1 视频图像压缩
9．2 专家系统
9．3 神经网络
10．3 块排序算法：并行和分布式算法
10．4 分治法
11．2 谓词
12．3 虚拟现实响应工作台
12．4 图形用户界面
13．1 远程教育技术模型
14．1 地理信息系统（GIS）：查看商务数据的新方法
15．2 统一建模语言
16．2 现代密码学――数据加密
16．3 防火墙和代理
17．3 云计算和云存储
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