计算机专业基础英语1.pptVIP

计算机专业基础英语;1.electronic adj. 电子的,电子学的2.trajectory table 弹道表3.numerical adj. 数字的,数值的4.integrator n. 积分器5.calculator n. 计数器;6.vacuum tube n. 电子管7.punched card n. 穿孔卡片8.counter n. 计数器9.shortcoming n. 缺点10.notably adv. 显著地；尤其显而易见地11.inability n. 无能力；无才能;1. Electronic computer was one of the greatest inventions in the 20th century. 2. Once talking about computer, we have to think of the birth of ENIAC(Electric Numerical Integrator And Calculator)( Pic 1.1).;3.New weapons were made for which trajectory tables and other essential data were needed. 4. ENIAC used 18,000 vacuum tubes, about 1,800 square feet of floor space, weighed 30 tons and consumed about 180,000 watts of electrical power.;5.ENIAC was commonly accepted as the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer (EDC) and had been used from 1946 to 1955.6.But it had a number of shortcomings which were not solved, notably the inability to store a program.; Key Words; 1.A computer is just a machine, but a computer system consists of two main elements: the machine and programs. ; 2. Like a person, a computer system is composed of two parts: the bone—hardware and the soul—software. ; 3.Input is the data which is entered into the computer, and output is the result of processing done by the computer, usually printed out or displayed on the screen. ; 4.When talking about computers, such image will appear in our mind: a display screen known as the basic output device, a keyboard usually together with a mouse as the basic input device, and a cabinet known as a machine box.; 5.With the development of science and technology, the modern computer becomes more and more flexible, and the hardware family becomes stronger and stronger.; Key Words; 1.These peripherals can be classified into two groups—input devices and output devices. ;2.Input devices , as the