本书以计算机技术发展的新热点为主要内容，介绍了移动计算机、软件工程及其再工程、主存数据库、网络与安全、人工智能、大数据、移动互联网、物联网等知识。本书力求使读者在学习计算机专业英语的同时也能学到计算机发展的前沿知识，使读者的英语水平和专业知识水平共同得到提高，为今后的计算机职业生涯打下良好的基础。本书既注重计算机基本概念的英文表述，又深入细致地讲解了计算机发展的新动向和新知识。每章内容循序渐进、难易适度，适合计算机与软件工程等相关专业的学生使用。

PART I Foundations
Chapter 1 Software Engineering
Competencies
1.1 Software Engineering
1.1.1 An Overview of Software Engineering
1.1.2 Software Process Model
1.1.3 Phases of Software Development
1.1.4 Methodology of Software Development
1.2 Software Requirements
1.2.1 What are Software Requirements
1.2.2 Categories of Software Requirements
1.2.3 Requirements Engineering process (RE)
1.2.4 Software Requirement Specification (SRS)
1.3 Designing the System
1.3.1 The Goals of Designing Phase
1.3.2 The Design Process
1.3.3 Software Designing Concepts
1.3.4 Developing a Design Model
1.4 Testing the System
1.4.1 Software Testing Fundamentals
1.4.2 Different Levels of Testing
1.4.3 Types of Testing Technique
1.5 Software Reengineering
1.5.1 Origin of Reengineering
1.5.2 A Software Reengineering Model
1.5.3 Software Reengineering Activities
Concepts
Terms
Reading 1 Cloud-Based Software Crowdsourcing
Reading 2 Test Driven Development
Reading 3 AiXcoder
Multiple Choice
True/False Questions
Fill in the Blanks
References
Chapter 2 Mobile Computers
Competencies
2.1 An Overview of Mobile Computers
2.1.1 Types of Mobile Computers
2.1.2 Features of Mobile Computers
2.1.3 CPU Architectures of Mobile Computers
2.1.4 Mobile Operating Systems
2.1.5 Mobile Apps
2.2 Smartphones
2.2.1 Functions
2.2.2 iPhone
2.3 Android Operating System
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Part II New Technologies