CONTENTSUnit 1 Hardware Ⅰ
1.1 A Closer Look at the Processor and PrimaryStorage
1.2 Bus Interconnection
1.3 Integrated Circuit—Moore’sLaw
1.4 Multicore Processors
1.5 Computer Architectures
Unit 2 Hardware Ⅱ
2.1 Optical Storage Media: High?DensityStorage
2.1.1 Optical Laser Disks
2.1.2 DVDs
2.2 Display devices, Smart cards
2.2.1 Display devices
2.2.2 Smartcard—another type of storage system
2.3 RAID Technology
2.4 The External Interface:USB
Unit 3 Programming and Programming Languages
3.1 Computer Programming
3.2 C and Object?OrientedProgramming
3.3 JavaScript Tutorial
3.4 Introduction to Java
3.5 Characteristics of Web ProgrammingLanguages
Unit 4 Operating System
4.1 Summary of OS
4.2 Using The Windows OperatingSystem
4.3 Window Managers
4.4 Myths of UNIX
4.5 Using Linux in Embedded and Real?timeSystems
Unit 5 Computer Networks
5.1 Internet
5.2 Type of Connection
5.3 Extending Your Markup:An XMLTutorial
5.4 Network Protocols
5.4.1 Protocol Hierarchies
5.4.2 WAP—The Wireless Application Protocol
5.5 Web 2.0, Internet2
5.5.1 Web2.0
5.5.2 Internet2
Unit 6 NetworkCommunication
6.1 Two Approaches to NetworkCommunication
6.2 Carrier Frequencies andMultiplexing
6.3 Wavelength Division
Multiplexing:Ultra High Speed Fiber Optics
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 DataWarehouse
7.4.2 Whatis Data Mining
7.5 Universal Data Access (UDA)Overview
Unit 8 Multimedia
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 MainProperties of a Multimedia System
8.1..2 Multimedia
8.2 Audio
8.2.1 Computer Representation of Sound
8.2.2 AudioFormats
8.2.3 MP3Compression
8.3 Video
8.3.1 VideoCompression
8.3.2 MP4
8.4 Synchronization
8.5 An Introduction to DesktopConferencing
Unit 9 Artificial Intelligence
9.1 Overview of ArtificialIntelligence
9.2 About Expert System
9.3 Introduction to Game AI
9.4 Neural Networks
9.5 Industrial Robotics
Unit 10 Data Structure andAlgorithms
10.1 Abstract Data Types and Algorithms
10.2 Spanning Trees
10.3 Block Sorting Algorithms:Parallel andDistributed Algorithm
10.4 Divide?and?Conquer
Unit 11 Fundamentals of the ComputingSciences
11.1 Set Theory
11.2 Predicates
11.3 Languages and Grammars
11.4 Finite?State Machines
Unit 12 Computer ApplicationsⅠ
12.1 Computer?Aided Design
12.2 Introductory Overview ofCIM
12.3 Management InformationSystem(MIS)
12.4 Enterprise ResourcePlanning
Unit 13 Computer Applications Ⅱ
13.1 Distance Education TechnologicalModels
13.2 Electronic Business
13.3 E?Government —Introduction
13.4 Office Automation
Unit 14 Cumputer ApplicationsⅢ
14.1 Geographic Information Systems(GIS):A NewWay to Look at Business Data
14.2 Introduction to GPS
14.3 The Virtual Reality ResponsiveWorkbench
Unit 15 SoftwareDevelopment
15.1 Overview of SoftwareEngineering
15.2 Unified Modeling Language
15.3 Overview of the Capability MaturityModel
15.4 Requirements for the Next GenerationMethods and CASE Envir
onments
15.5 Agile Software DevelopmentMethods
Unit 16 Network Security
16.1 What Do I Need to Know aboutViruses?
16.2 Modern Cryptography?DataEncryption
16.3 Firewalls and Proxies
Unit 17 Some Computer Systems
17.1 Embedded Systems
17.2 Distributed Systems
17.3 Middleware
参考译文
1.3 集成电路——摩尔定律
2.3 廉价磁盘机冗余阵列技术
2.4 通用串行总线