为了提高读者的实际使用计算机英语的阅读和表达能力，作者选编了本书。其选文均出自英美原文，语言地道、规范、新颖，涵盖了计算机基础词汇。全书共分24个单元，每单元由课文、注释和练习组成，练习的编写主要是检查读者对课文的理解和掌握，书后附有词汇表和练习参考答案可供读者查阅。

本书可供计算机爱好者和英语爱好者使用，也可作为大、中专学生高年级阶段的英语阅读。

Unit 1 Computer and Its Kind

Unit 2 The Early History of Computers

Unit 3 Computer Systems Architecture

Unit 4 Programs and Programming

Unit 5 Computer Languages

Unit 6 Assembly Language

Unit 7 Computer Security

Unit 8 Computer Viruses

Unit 9 Software Security

Unit 10 Cyber Security

Unit 11 Secondary Storage Media

Unit 12 Database and Database Management

Unit 13 Internet History

Unit 14 The Internet and TV

Unit 15 Networks and Application

Unit 16 Distributed Systems

Unit 17 Computer Office System

Unit 18 E-Government

Unit 19 Speech Recognition

Unit 20 VBA--Visual Basic Application

Unit 21 Multimedia

Unit 22 Virtual Reality

Unit 23 Artificial Intelligence

Unit 24 Parallel Computer Models

Unit 25 Topology and Router Configurations

Unit 26 Evolution of Computer Architecture