计算机专业英语电子教案支丽平 第3章.ppt

Unit 3 Software System of Computer  教学目标 教学内容 教学目标 了解系统软件的概念以及常见的操作系统 了解应用软件的概念及其特性 了解计算机语言的发展 掌握数据结构的基本理论 掌握关系数据库的相关理论 了解多媒体的基本知识 了解人工智能的基本理论 教学内容 Text 1 System software Text 2 Application Software Text 3 Computer Languages Text 4 Data Structures Text 5 Operating Systems Text 6 Structure of the Relational database Text 7 Multimedia Text 8 Software engineering Text 9 Introduction to Windows Text 10 Artificial Intelligence Text 1 System software Main Contents Words and Expressions Exercises Software Software refers to computer programs. Programs are the instructions that tell the computer how to process data into the form you want. There are two kinds of software: system software and application software. System software is a collection of programs that enables application software to run on a computer systems hardware devices, it is background software and includes programs that help the computer manage its own internal resources. Application software is a specialized programs that enables the user to accomplish specific tasks. System software System software consists of four kinds of programs: bootstrap loader, diagnostic routines, basic input-output system, and operating system. Among these four parts, the operating system is we most concerned with, which helps manage computer resources. Most important operating systems are: Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, Macintosh, and Unix. Windows Windows gets its name because of its ability to run multiple applications at the same time, each in its own window. Windows offers graphical user interface (GUI), presents the user with graphic images of computer functions and data. It provides a standard mechanism for copying or moving information from one program to another. This mechanism, called the clipboard, means that information created in one context is instantly reusable in another, you dont need to reenter information or work with clumsy data-transfer utilities. Windows also has DDE (dynamic data exchange)