Unit1-ComputerandComputerScience资料.ppt

Unit 1 Computer and Computer Science * Section B What Is Computer Science What did the computer scientists and engineers do at every stage of the development of computer science? Besides the major branches of computer science, do you know some other branches of computer? Unit 1 Computer and Computer Science * Theory of computation计算理论 Algorithm and data structure算法与数据结构 Programming and language编程方法与编程语言 Computer elements and Architecture计算机元素与架构 Software Engineering软件工程 Artificial Intelligence人工智能 Computer network and communication计算机网络与通信 Database system数据库系统 Parallel computation并行计算 Distributed computation分布式计算 Human-computer interaction人机交互 Computer Graphics计算机图形学 Operation system操作系统 Numerical and symbolic computation数值和符号计算 Unit 1 Computer and Computer Science * What is your favorite branch of computer science? Why? What skill and knowledge should you take now, if you work in computer industry in the future? How do you improve your computer skills? Questions * Unit 1 Computer and Computer Science * The development of processors that can handle 16, 32, and 64 bits of data at a time has increased the speed of computers. 一次能处理16、32和64比特数据的处理器的研制，提高了计算机的速度。 定语从句 Unit 1 Computer and Computer Science * The complete collection of recognizable patterns — the total list of operations — of which a computer is capable is called its instruction set. recognizable patterns 可识别模式 capable[‘ke?p?bl] adj. 能干的；能够…的 一台计算机能够处理的全部可识别模式— 操作总清单 — 被称为其指令集。 定语从句 Unit 1 Computer and Computer Science * Both factors — the number of bits that can be handled at one time, and the size of instruction sets — continue to increase with the ongoing development of modern digital computers. ongoing[??ng????]adj. 不间断的，正在进行的 随着现代数字计算机的不断发展，这两个因素 — 能够同时处理的比特数和指令集的大小 — 在继续增长。 定语从句 Unit 1 Computer and Computer Science * III. Hardware Modern digital computers are all conceptually similar, regardless of size. Nevertheless, they can be divided into several categories on the