中原工学院计算机英语Chapter 1- Computer System.pptVIP

Computer English 课程要求 平时成绩70%：课堂纪律、平时测试、作业 期末测试30%：专业术语英译汉、汉译英、短文英译汉 Computer System Chapter 1 Computer System But in general, 一般情况下， a minicomputer is a multiprocessing system capable of supporting from 4 to about 200 users simultaneously. 一个小型机能够支持从4至约200个用户，同时是一个多处理系统。 In the early days of computing, mainframes were huge computers that could fill an entire room or even a whole floor! As the size of computers has diminished 减少while the power has increased, the term 术语mainframe has fallen out of use跌出使用 in favor of enterprise server. 在早期的计算中，大型机是巨大的计算机可以填补整个房间，甚至一整层楼！作为电脑的大小，随着功率增加而减少，主机已经跌出使用，有利于企业服务器使用。 Other uses of supercomputers include animated[??n??me?t] 使栩栩如生地动作graphics, fluid [?flu:?d]dynamic calculations, nuclear [?nju:kli?]energy research, and petroleum [pi?tr?uli?m]exploration. 动画，流体动力学计算，核能研究，石油勘探。 /server/atlist0_Supercomputer.html The chief difference 主要的区别between a supercomputer and a mainframe is that a supercomputer channels（v.引导） all its power into executing a few programs as fast as possible,一个超级计算机的渠道，其功率尽可能快地执行了一些程序， whereas a mainframe uses its power to execute many programs concurrently.而一台主机使用其功率，同时执行多个程序。 * HYM C E * Software College, Zhongyuan University of Technology 任课教师： 韩新超 E-mail: hanxc04@126.com 教材: 《计算机专业英语》韩玉民 主编, 河南科技出版社, 2008. 参考教材: 《计算机专业英语》卜艳萍 等, 清华大学出版社, 2004. 《计算机英语》 (第3版)刘兆毓,清华大学出版社, 2003. 《计算机专业英语》方娟，清华大学出版社, 2004. Chap. 1 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 1.1 System Components 1.2 How a Computer Works 1.3 Types of Computers Chap. 1 Computer System A computer is a machine whose function is to accept data and process them into information. Early computers solved mathematical and engineering problems, and later computers emphasized information processing for business applications. Chap. 1 Computer System Today computers also control machines as diverse as(多种,) automobile engines(汽车发动机), robots (机器人)and microwave ovens(微波炉). A comp