Unit 1 Brief History of Computing
Passage One Personal Computer History
Passage Two The History of Computer Languages
Passage Three From ARPANET to INTERNET
Unit 2 Computer Software
Passage One Operating System
Passage Two Databases
Passage Three Information Systems
Passage Four Application Software
Passage Five Programming Language
Passage Six Program Development Life Cycle
Unit 3 Computer Hardware
Passage One The System Unit and Its Motherboard
Passage Two Storage Devices
Passage Three Input Devices
Passage Four Output Devices
Unit 4 Computer Networks
Passage One What Is a Computer Network?
Passage Two LANs and WANs
Unit 5 Advanced Mobile Computing
Passage One Wireless Community Networks
Passage Two Wireless Devices Unchained
Passage Three Pervasive Computing
Unit 6 The Internet
Passage One What Is the Internet?
Passage Two The Internet Services
Passage Three How the Internet Works
Unit 7 The WWW and E-commerce
Passage One The World Wide Web
Passage Two Browing the Web
Passage Three Electronic Commerce
Unit 8 Digital Media
Passage One Bitmap Graphics
Passage Two Vector and 3-D Graphics
Passage Three Desktop Video
Passage Four Digital Sound
Unit 9 Computational Intelligence
Passage One Artificial Intelligence
Passage Two Soft Computing
Unit 10 Privacy and Encyption
Passage One Privacy
Passage Two Encyption
Unit 11 Computer Crime and Security
Passage One Computer Crime
Passage Two The Attackers
Passage Three Computer Security
Passage Four
Unit 12 Online Games
Passage One Online Games Technology Overview
Passage Two Online Games Market Overview
Unit 13 Military Applications
Passage One Improving Counterterroism Analysis
Passage Two High Tech and Low Cunning
Passage Three C4ISR=Total Victory
Unit 14 IT Careers
Passage One Traditional IT Career Paths
Passage Two New Information Technology Career Paths
Vocabulary
Abbreviations
References