计算机英语第三版机械工业课后题目答案..docVIP

Unit Seven: Computer Communications Unit Seven/Section A I. Fill in the blanks with the information given in the text: 1. telegraph 2. dots; dashes 3. media 4. point-to-point 5. analog 6. digital 7. text-based 8. modem II. Translate the following terms or phrases from English into Chinese and vice versa: 1. microwave radio 微波无线电 2. digital television 数字电视 3. DSL 数字用户线路 4. analog transmission 模拟传输 5. on-screen pointer 屏幕上的指针 6. computer terminal 计算机终端 7. radio telephone 无线电话 8. cellular telephone 蜂窝电话，移动电话，手机 9. decentralized network 分散型网络 10. wire-based internal network 基于导线的内部网络，有线内部网 11. 光缆 fiber-optic cable 12. 传真机 fax machine 13. 无线通信 wireless communications 14. 点对点通信 point-to-point communications 15. 调制电脉冲 modulated electrical impulse 16. 通信卫星 communication(s) satellite 17. 电报电键 telegraph key 18. 传输媒体 transmission medium (或media) 19. 无绳电话 cordless telephone 20. 金属导体 metal conductor III. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the words given in the following list, making changes if necessary: Data communications is the process of transmitting and receiving data in an orderly way so the data that arrives at its destination is an accurate duplication (复制) of the data that was sent. When data travels a short distance, such as when you send data from your computer to your printer, it is referred to as local communications. When data travels a long distance, the communication is referred to as telecommunications; the prefix (前缀) “tele” is derived from a Greek word that means “far” or “far off.” The difference between a short distance and a long distance is somewhat arbitrary (武断 的). For example, if your computer sends data to a printer in the next room, it is regarded as local communications; if you phone the person in the next room, you are transmitting data over a telecommunications device. However, the same basic communications concepts apply to both local communications and te