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    由邱仲潘、曾思亮、薛伟胜等编著的《计算机英语(第2版高等学校计算机专业规划教材)》主要介绍计算机硬件、软件、系统、网络、应用程序等相关知识，共分为20章，新版增加了智能手机、无线Wi-Fi、机器学习等领域最新的科技文章，增加了时代感和趣味性。
    本书由一线教师编写，这些教师了解学生的知识水平、接受能力和需求点，而且翻译过大量计算机图书，有丰富的翻译经验。本书强调阅读理解，对一些难句进行了深入的解析。
    本书可作为高等院校“计算机英语”课程的教材或教学参考书，也可供有一定英语基础的广大计算机用户学习计算机英语时使用。

Chapter 1 PC Basic
  1.1 Storage
  1.2 Outer Hardware
  1.3 Smartphone, Tablet and Laptop
  1.4 Exercise 1
  1.5 Further Reading: Flash Memory
    1.5.1 The Basics
    1.5.2 Removable Flash Memory Cards
    1.5.3 SmartMedia
    1.5.4 CompactFlash
Chapter 2 How Computer Monitors Work
  2.1 The Basics
  2.1.1 Display Technology Background
    2.1.2 Display Technologies: VGA
    2.1.3 Display Technology: DVI
    2.1.4 Viewable Area
    2.1.5 Maximum Resolution and Dot Pitch
    2.1.6 Dot Pitch
    2.1.7 Refresh Rate
    2.1.8 Color Depth
    2.1.9 Power Consumption
    2.1.10 Monitor Trends: Flat Panels
  2.2 Exercise 2
  2.3 Further Reading: Liquid Crystal Display
    2.3.1 Brief History
    2.3.2 Transmissive and Reflective Displays
    2.3.3 Color Displays
    2.3.4 Passive-matrix and Active-matrix
    2.3.5 Quality Control
    2.3.6 Zero-power Displays
    2.3.7 Drawbacks
Chapter 3 How Cell Phones Work
3.1 Cell-phone Frequencies
  3.2 Cell-phone Channels
  3.3 Analog Cell Phones
  3.4 Along Comes Digital
  3.5 Inside a Digital Cell Phone
  3.6 Exercise 3
  3.7 Further Reading: Cell Phone
    3.7.1 History
    3.7.2 Handsets
Chapter 4 Digital Camera Basics
  4.1 How does Digital Camera Work
  4.2 CCD and CMOS: Filmless Cameras
  4.3 Digital Camera Resolution
  4.4 Capturing Color
  4.5 Digital Photography Basics
  4.6 Megapixel Ratings
  4.7 Digital Camera Settings and Modes
  4.8 Shutter Speed
  4.9 Exercise 4
  4.10 Further Reading: How to Take Good Photos
    4.10.1 Digital Camera Problems
    4.10.2 Image Editing Software
Chapter 5 How Bits and Bytes Work
  5.1 Decimal Numbers
  5.2 Bits
  5.3 Bytes
  5.4 Bytes: ASCII
  5.5 Standard ASCII Character Set
  5.6 Lots of Bytes
  5.7 Binary Math
  5.8 Quick Recap
  5.9 Exercise 5
  ……
Chapter 6 Microprocessors
Chapter 7 Application Software
Chapter 8 Compiler
Chapter 9 How Java Works
Chapter 10 Database & C++
Chapter 11 Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 12 Machine Learnin
Chapter 13 How DSL Work
Chapter 14 Internet Infrastructure
Chapter 15 How Internet Search Engines Wor
Chapter 16 Encryption
Chapter 17 Taking a Closer Look at the DCE
Chapter 18 What is Wi-Fi and How does it work
Chapter 19 Shockwave 3-D Technology
Chapter 20 Kinect
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