【判断题】Memory Enable a computer to store data and programs at least temporarily while Mass Storage Device allows a computer to permanently retain large amounts of data.

YouhaveacomputerthatrunsWindowsXPProfessional.Thecomputerhasthefollowinghardwareinstalled:3GBpagefile, 2.4GHzprocessor, 2GBofphysicalmemory, 20GBharddiskthathas1GBoffreespaceYouneedtoenablehibernationsupportonthecomputer.Whatshouldyoudofirst?（）

A.Upgradetheprocessor.

B.Addadditionalphysicalmemory.

C.Increasethesizeofthepagefile.

D.Createadditionalfreeharddiskspace.

Computer Languages

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计算机语言

??A computer must be given instructions in a language that it understands, that is, a particular pattern of binary digital information. On the earliest computers, programming was a difficult, laborious task, because vacuum tube ON/OFF switches had to be set by hand. Teams of programmers often took days to program simple tasks, such as sorting a list of names. Since that time a number of computer languages have been devised, some with particular kinds of functioning in mind and others aimed more at ease of use-the user-friendly approach.

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Machine Language

??Unfortunately, the computer's own binary based language, or machine language, is difficult for humans to use. The programmer must input every command and all data in binary form, and a basic operation such as comparing the contents of a register to the data in a memory chip location might look like this: 11001010 00010111 11110101 00101011. Machine language programming is such a tedious, time-consuming task that the time saved in running the program rarely justifies the days or weeks needed to write the program.

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Assembly Language

??One method programmers devised to shorten and simplify the process is called assembly language programming. By assigning a short (usually three letter) mnemonic code to each machine language command, assembly language programs could be written and-debugged-cleaned of logic and date errors-in a fraction of the time needed by machine language programmers. In assembly language, each mnemonic command and its symbolic operands equals one machine instruction. An assembler program translates the mnemonic opcodes (operation codes) and symbolic operands into binary language and executes the program. Assembly language is a type of low level computer programming language in which each statement corresponds directly to a single machine instruction. Assembly languages are, thus, specific to a given processor. After writing an assembly language program, the programmer must use the assembler language into machine code. Assembly language provides precise control of the computer, but assembly language programs written for one type of computer must be rewritten to operate on another type. Assembly language might be used instead of a high levcl language for any of three major reasons: speed, control, and preference. Programs written in assembly language usually run faster than those generated by a compiler; use of assembly language lets a programmer interact directly with the hardware (processor, memory, display, and input/output ports). Assembly language, however, can be used only with one type of CPU chip or microprocessor. Programmers who expended much time and effort to learn how to program one computer had to learn a new programming style each time they worked on another machine. What was needed was a shorthand method by which one symbolic statement could represent a sequence of many machine language instructions, and a way that would allow the same program to run on several types of machines. These needs led to the development of so-called high level languages.

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High Level Languages

??High level languages often use English-Iike words-for example, LIST, PRINT, OPEN, and so on-as commands that might stand for a sequence of tens or hundreds of machine language instructions. The commands are entered from the keyboard or from a program in memory or in a storage device, and they are interpreted by a program that translates them into machine language instructions.

??Translator programs are of two kinds: interpreters and compilers. With an interpreter, programs that loop back to reexecute part of their instructions reinterpret the same instructions each time it appears, so interpreted programs run much more slowly than machine language programs. Compilers, by contrast, translate an entire program into machine language prior to execution, so such programs run as rapidly as though they were written directly in machine language.

??American computer scientist Grace Hopper is credited with implementing the first commercially oriented computer language. After programming an experimental computer at Harvard University^[1], she worked on the UNIVAC^[2]I and II computers and developed a commercially usable high level programming language called FLOW MATIC to facilitate computer use in scientific applications. IBM^[3]then developed a language that would simplify work involving complicated mathematical formulas. Begun in 1954 and completed in 1957, FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator)^[4]was the first comprehensive high level programming language that was widely used. In 1957, the Association for Computing Machinery^[5]set out to develop a universal language that would correct some of FORTRAN' s perceived faults. A year later, they released ALGOL^[6](ALGOrithmic Language), another scientifically oriented language; widely used in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, it has since been superseded by newer languages, while FORTRAN continues to be used because of the huge investment in existing programs. COBOL^[7](COmmon Business Oriented Language), a commercial and business programming language, concentrates on data organization and file handling and is widely used today in business.

??BASIC^[8](Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was developed at Dartmouth College in the early 1960s for use by nonprofessional computer users. The language came into almost universal use with the microcomputer explosion of the 1970s and 1980s. Condemned as slow, inefficient, and inelegant by its detractors, BASIC is nevertheless simple to learn and easy to use. Because many early microcomputers were sold with BASIC built into the hardware (in ROM memory) the language rapidly came into widespread use. As a very simple example of a BASIC program, consider the addition of the numbers 1 and 2, and the display of the result. This is written as follows (the numerals 10-40 are line numbers):

??10 A=1

??20 B=2

??30 C=A+B

??40 PRINT C

??Although hundreds of different computer languages and variants exist, several others deserve mention. PASCAL^[9], originally designed as a teaching tool, is now one of the most popular microcomputer languages. LOGO was developed to introduce children to computers. C, a language Bell Laboratories designed in the 1970s, is widely used in developing systems programs, such as language translators. LISP^[10]and PROLOG are widely used in artificial intelligence.

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COBOL

??COBOL, in computer science, acronym for COmmon Business-oriented language, is a verbose, English-like programming language developed between 1959 and 1961. Its establishment as a required language by the U. S. Department of Defense, its emphasis on data structures. and its English-like syntax (compared to those of FORTRAN and ALGOL) led to its widespread acceptance and usage, especially in business applications. Programs written in COBOL, which is a compiled language, are split into four divisions: Identification, Environment, Data, and Procedure. The Identification division specifies the name of the program and contains any other documentation the programmer wants to add. The Environment division specifies the computer(s) being used and the files used in the program for input and output. The Data division describes the data used in the program. The Procedure division contains the procedures that dictate the actions of the program.

??C & C++

??A widely used programming language, C was developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Laboratories in 1972; it was so named because its immediate predecessor was the B programming language. Although C is considered by many to be more a machine independent assembly language than a high level language, its close association with the UNIX^[11]operating system, its enormous popularity, and its standardization by the American National Standards Institute (ANSl)^[12]have made it perhaps the closest thing to a standard programming language in the microcomputer/workstation marketplace. C is a compiled language that contains a small set of built in functions that are machine dependent. The rest of the C functions are machine independent and are contained in libraries that can be accessed from C programs. C programs are composed of one or more functions defined by the programmer; thus, C is a structured programming language. C+ +, in computer science, is an object oriented version of the C programming language, developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in the early 1980s at Bell Laboratories and adopted by a number of vendors, including Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems, Borland International, and Microsoft Corporation.

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??[1]Harvard University：美国哈佛大学。

??[2]UNIVAC(Universal Automatic Computer)：通用自动计算机。

??[3]IBM(International Business Machine Corp)：国际商用机器公司。

??[4]FORTRAN(FORmula TRANslator)：公式翻译程序设计语言。

??[5]the Association for Computing Machinery：计算机协会(美国)。

??[6]ALGOL(ALGOrithmic Language)：面向代数的语言。

??[7]COBOL(Common Business Oriented Language)：面向商业的通用语言。

??[8]BASIC(Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)：初学者通用符号指令码。

??[9]PASCAL(Philips Automatic Sequence Calculator)：菲利浦自动顺序计算机语言。

??[10]LISP(List Process)：表处理程序，或表处理语言。

??[11]UNIX(Uniplexed Information and Computer Systems)：UNIX操作系统，1969年在

??AT&T Bell实验室开发的多用户多任务操作系统。

??[12]ANSI(American National Standards Institute)：美国国家标准学(协)会。

【填空题】What is memory? What is storage? Is there any （1）between them? Yes, there is. It is important to （2）the difference between “storage” and “memory”. When people use the （3） “memory” in reference to computers, they are almost always referring to the computer’s （4） memory (or primary memory) called random-access （5） or RAM, which is comprised of （6）attached to the motherboard. Memory is sometimes referred to as temporary （7） because it will be lost if the power to the （8） is cut off. In contrast, “storage” refers to the permanent （9） available to a PC, Which is also called secondary storage, usually in forms of the PC's （10）drive, CDs, etc. Storage is permanent, as data and programs are retained when the power is turned off.

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Memory

Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chester town, Maryland, decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to "think and concentrate".

Spilich put young non-smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived (被剥夺) of cigarettes through a series of tests.

In the first test, each subject (试验对象) sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test, smokers,deprived smokers and nonsmokers performed equally well.

The next test was more complex, requiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of the letters transformed into a different one. Non-smokers were faster,but under the stimulation of nicotine (尼古丁), active smokers were faster than deprived smokers.

In the third test of short-term memory, non-smokers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers.

The fourth test required people to read a passage, then answer questions about it.

Non-smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers,and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing. Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories but also had trouble separating important information from insignificant details.

"As our tests became more complex," sums up Spilich, "non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins." He predicts, "smokers might perform. adequately at many jobs until they got complicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose,but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity."

The purpose of George Spilich‘s experiments is__________. 查看材料

A.to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental capacity of smokers

B.to show how smoking damages people"s mental capacity

C.to prove that smoking affects people"s regular performance

D.to find out whether smoking helps people"s short-term memory

Conventionally,a computer consists of at1.ast one processing element, typically a(73) and some form of memory.

A.device

B.CPU

C.controller

D.network