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* * 1.3 What is a processor 1. interpret v. 解释 interpreted language 解释语言 interpreter 解释程序 比较compile v. 编译 2. operation 操作，运算 operation code 操作码 operand 操作数 operator 运算符 To translate a statement or instruction into executable form and then execute it. 将一条语句或指令翻译成可执行的形式，然后执行。 To translate all the source code of a program from a high-level language into object code prior to execution of the program.在程序运行前，把用高级语言编写的程序源代码翻译成目标代码。 operating system 操作系统 operator associativity 运算符结合性 operator precedence 运算符优先级 3. high-level language 高级语言 low-level language 低级语言 assembly language 汇编语言 4. retrieve 检索 5. timer 定时器 time bomb 定时炸弹 time-division multiplexing 时分多路复用 time out ( timeout time-out ) 超时 timesharing 分时技术 6. release 释放；发布 To relinquish control of a block of memory, a device, or another system resource to the operating system.放弃一块内存、一台设备或另一个系统资源控制权，交予操作系统。 To formally make a product available to the marketplace.正式将某一产品投放到市场。 A feature often built into evaluation versions of software that renders the software unusable after a certain period of time.一种通常放在测试版的软件中的功能部件，经过一段是指定的时间后，它使该软件就不可用了。 7. pulse 脉冲 PAM pulse amplitude modulation 脉冲幅度调制 PCM pulse code modulation 脉冲编码调制 PDM pulse duration modulation 脉冲宽度调制 8. control unit 控制器，控制单元 A transient signal,usually brief and with a discrete onset and offset.一种暂态信号，通常持续时间很短，且具有陡峭的上升边和下降边。 9. register 寄存器 比较 registry 注册表 10. ALU arithmetic and logic unit 算术逻辑单元 arithmetic operation 算术运算 add 加 addition 加法 subtract 减 subtraction 减法 multiply 乘 multiplication 乘法 divide 除 division 除法 11. compare 比较 比较 compatibility 兼容性 12. current 电流 current directory 当前目录 1.4 Memory system 1. latency 等待时间 The time required for a signal to travel from one point on a network to another.信号从网络中一点传播到另一点所需的时间。 2. semiconductor 半导体 conductor 导体 nonconductor 绝缘体(同 insulator) 3. magnetic a.