Unit 1 An Overview of Computers 1 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 1 Text Computer Debate 1 Section 2 Reading Material 2 Text A Instruction to the Development of Computers 2 Text B Classification of Computer Systems 6 Section 3 Extended Reading 10 Text A What Are the Benefits of Computers in School? 10 Text B What Are the Advantages of Computers in Business? 11 Text C Commencement Speech at Stanford Given by Steve Jobs 13 Unit 2 Computer Hardware 18 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 18 Text Teens and Computers 18 Section 2 Reading Material 19 Text A The Hardware 19 Text B The Motherboard 23 Section 3 Extended Reading 27 Text A How Bluetooth Is Making Our Lives Easier 27 Text B Alibaba Group Will Invest $15B into a New Global Research and Development Program 28 Text C 10 Ways to Make a Computer Move Faster 29 Unit 3 Operating System 32 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 32 Text System Crash 32 Section 2 Reading Material 34 Text A Operating System 34 Text B An Overview on the Most Commonly-used OS 38 Section 3 Extended Reading 42 Text A Android Operating System 42 Text B Comparison Between Linux and Windows 43 Text C Should You Upgrade or Repair Your Computer? 45 Unit 4 Application Software 48 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 48 Text A Job Interview 48 Section 2 Reading Material 50 Text A Instruction to the Computer Application Software 50 Text B Using the Speak Feature in Office 2010 52 Section 3 Extended Reading 57 Text A The Office 2010 Suite Will be Released 57 Text B Microsoft Teams Challenges Slack for Office Dominance 59 Text C The Way Ahead: Innovating Together in China－by William H. Gates 60 Unit 5 Programming Language 64 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 64 Text Call About Courses of Computer Programming 64 Section 2 Reading Material 65 Text A Introduction to Programming Language 65 Text B The C Programming Language 68 Section 3 Extended Reading 71 Text A What Is the Java Language? 71 Text B Object Oriented Programming 72 Text C How to Learn a Programming Language 75 Unit 6 Network and Internet 82 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 82 Text About Going Online 82 Section 2 Reading Material 83 Text A Instruction to the Network 83 Text B Instruction to the Internet 86 Section 3 Extended Reading 90 Text A How to Use the Internet 90 Text B Set Up an FTP Between Two Computers 95 Text C To Be Completely Anonymous on the Internet 101 Unit 7 Information Security 103 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 103 Text Computer Hackers 103 Section 2 Reading Material 104 Text A Computer Viruses 104 Text B The Ways to Protect Information Security 108 Section 3 Extended Reading 111 Text A What Does a Data Security Manager Do? 111 Text B How to Create a Secure and Stable Windows System 112 Text C Create a Perfect Password: Ten Easy Steps to Stay Secure 113 Unit 8 Big Data 117 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 117 Text Discussion of Data 117 Section 2 Reading Material 118 Text A Big Data 118 Text B About Big Data 122 Section 3 Extended Reading 126 Text A More About Big Data 126 Text B Uses of Big Data 128 Text C Overview of Big Data 131 Unit 9 AI 135 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 135 Text Talk About Design of Hybrid Vehicle 135 Section 2 Reading Material 136 Text A Artificial Intelligence 136 Text B AI: What It Is, and What It Isn’t 140 Section 3 Extended Reading 143 Text A Artificial Intelligence and Space Travel: The Future of Exploration 143 Text B How Artificial Intelligence may Change Our Lives? 145 Unit 10 Cloud Computing 148 Section 1 Situational Dialogue 148 Text A Job Interview 148 Section 2 Reading Material 150 Text A What Is Cloud Computing? 150 Text B About Virtualization Technology 158 Section 3 Extended Reading 161 Text A What Is Parallel Computing? 161 Text B Distributed System 162 Text C Grid Computing 164 Appendix Index of Basic Vocabulary 166 References 184