English for Computer Science
Edition: Rev Upd edition
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
Published: March 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780194376556
Subjects: ELT grammars & grammar practice; Language & Linguistics; General; Education / Teaching; Computer Books: Operating Systems
Table of contents: title: About the Book and Changes in the New Edition
pagenum: 8; label: Part 1
title: The Computer; label: Section 1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: Unit 1
title: What is a Computer?
pagenum: 16; label: Focus A
title: Contextual Reference
pagenum: 21; label: Unit 2
title: History of Computers
pagenum: 23; label: Focus B
title: Suffixes
pagenum: 29; label: Section 2
title: Description; label: Unit 3
title: Characteristics
pagenum: 36; label: Focus C
title: Organizing Information
pagenum: 42; label: Unit 4
title: Computer Capabilities and Limitations
pagenum: 46; label: Unit 5
title: Hardware and Software
pagenum: 52; label: Focus D
title: Prefixes
pagenum: 58; label: Section 3
title: Kinds of Computers; label: Unit 6
title: Mainframes
pagenum: 64; label: Focus E
title: Listing
pagenum: 69; label: Unit 7
title: Minicomputers
pagenum: 72; label: Unit 8
title: Microcomputers
pagenum: 77; label: Focus F
title: Making Comparisons
pagenum: 83; label: Part 2
title: Computer Components; label: Section 4
title: The Processor; label: Unit 9
title: The Central Processing Unit
pagenum: 94; label: Focus G
title: Time Sequence
pagenum: 99; label: Unit 10
title: The Control Unit and the Arithmetic-Logical Unit
pagenum: 102; label: Focus H
title: Giving Examples
pagenum: 107; label: Section 5
title: Memory; label: Unit 11
title: Primary and Secondary Memory
pagenum: 111; label: Focus I
title: Adding Information
pagenum: 116; label: Unit 12
title: Types of Memory
pagenum: 119; label: Focus J
title: Giving an Explanation or a Definition
pagenum: 124; label: Section 6
title: Input and Output Devices; label: Unit 13
title: Cards, Readers and Keyboards
pagenum: 129; label: Focus K
title: Classifying
pagenum: 136; label: Unit 14
title: Tapes and Tape Drives
pagenum: 141; label: Unit 15
title: Disks and Disk Drives
pagenum: 148; label: Focus L
title: Contrasting
pagenum: 157; label: Unit 16
title: Printers
pagenum: 160; label: Unit 17
title: Terminals
pagenum: 169; label: Focus M
title: Cause and Effect
pagenum: 176; label: Part 3
title: Data Processing; label: Section 7
title: Programming; label: Unit 18
title: Steps in Problem Solving
pagenum: 186; label: Unit 19
title: Computer Arithmetic
pagenum: 191; label: Unit 20
title: Flowcharting
pagenum: 197; label: Unit 21
title: Programs and Programming Languages
pagenum: 207; label: Focus N
title: Making Predictions
pagenum: 214; label: Section 8
title: Computer-Related Topics; label: Unit 22
title: Time Sharing Versus Batch
pagenum: 218; label: Unit 23
title: Careers
pagenum: 224; title: Projections: Extended Reading Passage
pagenum: 229; title: Glossary
pagenum: 233