计算机专业基础英语

计算机专业基础英语 Basic English for Computer Professional 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 hardware n. 硬件 software n. 软件 keyboard n. 键盘 mouse n. 鼠标 printer n. 打印机 scanner n. 扫描机 speaker n. 音箱 projector n. 投影仪 wire n. 导线 cable n. 电缆线 motherboard n. 母板，主板 memory n. 内存 instruction n. 指令 headphone n. 耳机 speaker n. 扬声器 audio n. 音频 scanner n. 扫描机 joystick n. 游戏杆 microphone n. 麦克风 peripheral n. 外围设备 output device 输出设备 input device 输入设备 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 processin