计算机专业英语chapt1_1Four Kinds of Computers.ppt

1.1 Four Kinds of Computers access v. 访问，存取 accounting n. 会计学，统计 agency n. 机构，办事处，代理店 briefcase n. 公文包，公事包 Exploration n. 勘探，发掘，调查 laptop n. 膝上，使携式电脑 palm n. （手）掌，手心，掌状物 Policyholder n. 投保人，保险客户 recognition n. 认出，识别，认可 Simultaneously adv. 同时地 sophisticated adj. 精密复杂的 strap n. （皮，布）带 typically adv. 特有地，独特地，典型地 Phrases fall into 属于 in exchange for 交换，来代替 mainframe computer 大型计算机 portable computer 便携式计算机 Abbreviations AC（Alternating Current） 交流电 PDA（Personal Digital Assistant） 个人数字助理 Computers are electronic devices that can follow instructions to accept input, process that input, and produce information. There are four types of computers: microcomputers, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and supercomputers. 计算机是根据指令接收输入、处理输入数据并产生信息的电子设备。计算机有四种类型：微型机、小型机、大型机和巨型机。 微型计算机，也被称为个人计算机，是可以放在桌面上的小的计算机。便携式微型机可以放入手提箱，甚至手掌中。微型机被用于家庭、学校及工业中。如今几乎每一领域都在使用微型机。 便携式计算机是正在迅速普及的一种微型机，它易于四处携带。便携式计算机有四种类型。 膝上电脑：其重量在10～16磅之间，供电方式可以是交流供电，电池供电或两者均可。交流供电的膝上电脑重量在12～16磅之间。电池供电的膝上电脑的重量（包括电池）在10～15磅之间，可以用肩带背起来携带。 笔记本个人电脑：其重量在5～10磅之间，可放入大多数公文包中，尤其适用于那些连接电源不方便的场合。笔记本电脑是如今最流行的便携式电脑。 Subnotebooks: subnotebooks are for frequent flyers and life-on-the-road types. [1]Subnotebooks users give up a full-size display screen and keyboard in exchange for less weight. Weighting between 2 and 6 pounds, these computers fit easily into a briefcase. 个人数字助手：比超轻薄笔记本电脑还要小得多，其重量在1～4磅之间。典型的个人数字助手将钢笔输入、书写识别、个人编排工具和通信功能结合起来放入小包中。 Minicomputers, also known as midrange computers, are desk-sized machines. [2]They fall into between microcomputers and mainframes in their processing speeds and data-storing capacities. Medium-size companies or departments of large companies typically use them for specific purposes. For example, they might use them to do research or to monitor a particular manufacturing process. Smaller-size companies typically use microcomputers for their general data processing