计算机专业英语第二章第二节幻灯.pptVIP

Section 2 Data Communications Channels 1.1 课前导读 1.2 课堂教学 1.2.1 New Words 1.2.2 Phrases 1.2.3 Abbreviations 1.2.4 Text 1.3 Exercises;1.1 课前导读 To get here to there, data must move through something. A telephone line, cable, or the atmosphere are all transmission media, or channels. But before the data can be communicated, it must be converted into a form suitable for communication. Specifically, five kinds of technology are used to transmit data. These are telephone lines (twisted pair), coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, microwave, and satellite. ;1.2 课堂教学 1.2.1 New Words antenna n. 天线 axis n. 轴心, 中轴 baseband n. 基带 Boost v. 增加，放大 cable n. 电缆 charge n. 电荷 cladding n. 金属包层, 外罩 coaxial adj. 同轴的, 共轴的 Configuration n. 配置，结构，布局，格局 ;curvature n. 弯曲，曲度，弧度 Electromagnetic adj. 电磁的 fiber-optic n. 光纤 garble v. 精选, 筛去…的杂质, 误解 gauge n. 规格，标准 geostationary adj. 与地球相对位置保持不动的 interference n. 干扰，串扰，干涉 immune adj. 免疫的 multidrop n. 多点 ;;;;1.2.4 Text To get here to there, data must move through something. A telephone line, cable, or the atmosphere are all transmission media, or channels. But before the data can be communicated, it must be converted into a form suitable for communication. Data communications lines can be connected in two types of configurations: point-to-point and multidrop. A point-to-point line directly connects the sending and the receiving devices, and a multidrop line connects many devices, not just one sending device and one receiving device. ;The two ways of connecting microcomputers with each other and with other equipments are through the cable and through the air. There are three basic forms into which data can be converted for communication: electrical pulses or charges, electromagnetic waves, and pulses of light. Specifically, five kin