计算机专业英语电子教案支丽平 第4章.ppt

教学目标 教学内容 教学目标 了解计算机网络的发展史 理解网络安全的相关理论 了解虚拟化技术 掌握电子商务的相关技术 了解目前已经广泛使用的局域网技术 教学内容 Text 1 Evolution of computer networks Text 2 Network Security Text 3 Virtualization Technology Text 4 Electronic Commerce Text 5 LAN-Cruising Text 1 Evolution of computer networks Main Contents Words and Expressions Exercises Text 1 Evolution of computer networks The term network can mean many different things. It can imply an interconnection of railway tracks for the rail network; highways and streets for transportation networks; telephone lines and switching centers for the phone network; coaxial lines for the cable television network; fiber lines for cable communications networks; or the interconnection of service centers, businesses, and so on to form a network. All of these configurations refer to the means to tie together various resources so that they may operate as a group, realizing the benefits of numbers, sharing, and communications in such a group. Text 1 Evolution of computer networks In computer systems terminology of a network is a combination of interconnected computing equipment and programs used for moving information (and computations) between points (nodes) in the network where it may be generated, processed, stored, or used in whatever manner is deemed appropriate. The interconnection may take on many forms, such as dedicated links, shared links, telephone lines, microwave links, and satellite links. Networks in this sense form a loose coalition of devices that share information. This was one of the first uses of a network, although it was not the last. Users found that the network could offer more than just information sharing; it could offer other services for remote job execution and ultimately distributed computing. Text 1 Evolution of computer networks The earliest concept of a network was of a loose binding together of devices or resources for sharing. An early computer network that exhibited these traits was the ARPANET. ARPANET was first brought