Unit 1 About Computer 1
Text 1 Can You Recognize Them? 1
Text 2 Communicate with Computer 4
Text 3 Simple Introduction of Installation 7
Text 4 Simple Introduction of Processor 11
Unit 2 More about Computer 19
Text 1 Guess What It is 19
Text 2 What does a Computer Look Like? 21
Text 3 Introduction of a Window 24
Text 4 Learning Computer Knowledge All by Yourself 28
Unit 3 Brief Introduction of Computer 33
Text 1 Do You have a Computer? 33
Text 2 Components of Computer 38
Text 3 Kinds of Computers 41
Text 4 Generations of Electronic Computer 46
Unit 4 The Fundamentals of Computer Hardware 53
Text 1 Organization of Computer System Components 53
Text 2 CPU 56
Text 3 Motherboard 61
Text 4 Storage 65
Unit 5 Office Automation 70
Text 1 Fundamentals of Office Automation 70
Text 2 Microsoft Office 2000 75
Text 3 Microsoft Word 2000 80
Text 4 Electronic Commerce 85
Unit 6 Multimedia 94
Text 1 What is Multimedia? 94
Text 2 Uses for Multimedia 97
Text 3 Digital Video 101
Unit 7 The Fundamentals of Computer Software 110
Text 1 Data Structure 110
Text 2 Operating Systems 114
Text 3 Windows 2000 Overview 118
Unit 8 Computer Networking 126
Text 1 Data Communications 126
Text 2 Architecture of Computer Networks 129
Text 3 Local Area Network 134
Text 4 Internet 139
Text 5 The World Wide Web 143
Unit 9 Computer Virus 152
Text 1 Virus Introduction 152
Text 2 Virus Behavior——Infection Phase 154
Text 3 Virus Behavior——Attack Phase 158
Text 4 Number of Viruses 161
Text 5 How Serious are Viruses? 165
Unit 10 Program Design 172
Text 1 Computer Languages 172
Text 2 Computer programming 175
Text 3 Visual Basic 179
Text 4 Debugging 184
Appendix: Word List 193