目 录出版说明前言Part 1 Fundamentals of Computers Chapter 1 Introduction toComputers 1.1 What Is a Computer? 1.2 Getting Started with Your Computer 　1.2.1 System Unit 　1.2.2 Storage Devices 　1.2.3 Monitor 　1.2.4 Mouse 　1.2.5 Keyboard 　1.2.6 Printer 1.3 Getting Started with Software 　1.3.1 Components of Windows Desktop 　1.3.2 Windows Software Controls 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 2 Computer System Basics 2.1 The Von Neumann Model of the PC 2.2 CPU 2.3 Memory vs. Storage 2.4 Input and Output 2.5 Computer Bus 2.6 Computer Networks 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 3 Data, Information and Files 3.1 Data and Computers 3.2 Analog and Digital Information 3.3 Computer Files 　3.3.1 File Types 　3.3.2 Directories 　3.3.3 File Path 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 4 A Look Inside the Computer Case 4.1 Integrated Circuits 4.2 The Motherboard 　4.2.1 CPU 　4.2.2 RAM Chips 　4.2.3 Expansion Slot/Card 　4.2.4 BIOS Chip 4.3 Storage Drives 4.4 Power Supply Unit 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Part 2 Computers Software Chapter 5 Data and Its Representation 5.1 Types of Data 5.2 Data inside the Computer 5.3 Representing Data 　5.3.1 Representing Text 　5.3.2 Representing Numbers 　5.3.3 Representing Images 　5.3.4 Representing Sound 　5.3.5 Representing Video 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 6 Computer Software Basics 6.1 Computer Programs 6.2 Computer Software and Categories 　6.2.1 System Software 　6.2.2 Application Software 6.3 Software Piracy 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 7 System Software 7.1 System Software and Its Components 7.2 Operating System 　7.2.1 Basics of Operating System 　7.2.2 Types of Operating System 7.3 Utilities 7.4 Device Drivers 7.5 Language Translators 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 8 Common Operating Systems 8.1 Microsoft DOS and Windows 8.2 Mac OS 8.3 UNIX and Linux 8.4 Mobile Operating Systems 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 9 Application Software 9.1 Business Application Software 9.2 Communications Application Software 9.3 Multimedia Application Software 9.4 Education and Training Software 9.5 All the Other Ware Terminology 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 10 Computer Programming 10.1 Building a Program 10.2 Algorithm 　10.2.1 What is an Algorithm? 　10.2.2 Algorithm Representation 10.3 Three Constructs 10.4 Programming Language 　10.4.1 Low-level Language 　10.4.2 High-level Language 10.5 Structured Programming and ObjectorientedProgramming 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Part 3 Computer Application Chapter 11 Data Communication 11.1 Data Communication 11.2 Communications Channels 11.3 Communication Media 　11.3.1 Twisted Pair Wire 　11.3.2 Coaxial Cable 　11.3.3 Fiber Optic Cable 　11.3.4 Wireless Media 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 12 Computer Networks 12.1 Evolution of Computer Networks 12.2 Protocol 12.3 Topology 　12.3.1 Types of Physical Topology 　12.3.2 Types of Logical Topology 12.4 Network Operating System 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 13 Internet and WWW 13.1 The Origin of the Internet 13.2 TCP/IP 13.3 ISP 13.4 Internet Address and Domain Name 13.5 World Wide Web（WWW） 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 14 Data Security 14.1 What Can Go Wrong? 　14.1.1 Operator Error 　14.1.2 Power Failures, Spikes and Surges 　14.1.3 Hardware Failure 14.2 Viruses 　14.2.1 Types of Computer Viruses 　14.2.2 Worms and Trojan Horses 14.3 Protecting Yourself 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 15 Data Compression 15.1 What Is Data Compression? 15.2 Lossless Compression andLossy Compression 15.3 Text Compression 15.4 Image Compression 15.5 Video & Audio Compression 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Chapter 16 Artificial Intelligence 16.1 Artificial Intelligence and Turing Test 16.2 Branches of AI 16.3 Applications of AI 　New Words and Phrases 　Computer Terms 　Grammar 　Exercises 　Reading Material 　Reference Translation Appendix Key to Exercises