计算机专业英语Unit 2 Hardware.ppt

大连理工大学出版社 Hardware Passage One A Brief Introduction to the Computer Training target: In this part, our target is to train your reading comprehension. We have made the flexible sentences strong black and marked the subject, predicate and have object of them. Try to grasp the main idea of these sentences. 主语、谓语、宾语 Passage One A Brief Introduction to the Computer A computer is just a machine, but a computer system consists of two main elements: the machine and programs. Like a person, a computer system is composed of two parts: the bone—hardware and the soul—software. The central idea of a computing system is that input is processed into output. 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. Let us get closer to the computer from the basic components. When talking about computers, such image as Pic 2.1 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. program n. 程序 hardware n. 硬件 software n. 软件 component n. 部件 display screen 显示器 output device 输出设备 keyboard n. 键盘 mouse n. 鼠标 input device 输入设备 cabinet n. 匣子,机壳 Passage One A Brief Introduction to the Computer Passage One A Brief Introduction to the Computer With the development of science and technology, the modern computer becomes more and more flexible, and the hardware family becomes stronger and stronger. A lot of new peripherals appear. These peripherals can be classified into two groups—input devices and output devices. Input devices (Pic 2.2), as the name suggests, are any hardware components that allow you to put the data, programs and commands into the computer. One of the most important input devices is the keyboard. Users can type in text or enter keyboard commands using the keyboard. Another device which can be used to input data is a scan