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n.计算机,电脑

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computer


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n electronic device for storing and analysing information fed into it, making calculations, or controlling machinery automatically 计算机; 电脑
*Is the information available on the computer? 计算机中有这个资料吗?
* The accounts are processed by computer. 这帐目是用计算机处理的.
* a digital computer 数字计算机
* [attrib 作定语] a computer programmer 计算机程序设计员 =>illus 见插图.

computer


n[C]
keyboard, monitor, speaker
an electronic machine that stores information and uses programs to help you find, organize, or change the information
 A message flashed up on my computer screen .
 recent problems with hospital computer systems
on computer
 The information is stored on computer.
by computer
 Shoppers can send in their orders by computer and pick up their goods later.
computer software/program/application
 the latest computer software
 computer games (=games that you play on a computer) for children
 the use of computer graphics (=pictures and images created by computers) in film
 the development of computer technology
 the computer industry
 a huge global computer network
WORD FOCUS: computer
people who work with computers: user, programmer, web designer, IT person, software engineer, (systems) analyst, administrator, webmaster, helpdesk, techie(informal), geek(disapproving informal)
someone who tries to break into a computer system: hacker, cracker
things you do with your computer: start up/power up your computer
open a file or document
enter information
click on an icon
cut and paste pieces of text
copy files or programs
scroll up and down the page
delete things you do not want
download files or pictures from the Internet
burn CDs or DVDs
close a file or document
save your work
shut down your computer
computer problems: bug, virus, error, corrupted file/data, crash, worm
See also: Internet, email, personal computer, laptop, palmtop, PDA

1. Each week a computer totals the average length of your calls; if it is under 14 minutes, you're in trouble.
    每周,电脑会累计你所接听电话的平均长度;如果不到14分钟,你就有麻烦了。

2. Broadly speaking, however, the superhighway refers to the union of today's broadcasting, cable, video, telephone, and computer and semiconductor industries into one large all-connected industry.
    但广义地说,信息高速公路是指由今天的广播、电视、录像、电话、电脑、半导体等产业组合而成的一个互相关联的大产业。

3. With scarcely a glance at the items, the clerk sweeps them across an aperture, where a special marking on each item is scanned by a low-powered laser beam inside the machine, connected to a remote computer.
    收款员几乎不看商品,只是把商品从机器上的孔眼处一扫而过,机器里的低能量激光对商品上的一个特殊标志进行扫描,这台扫描机与另一台电脑相联。

4. With computer-assisted check-out, keeping items of one kind together is no longer necessary.
    有了电脑辅助的收款方式,这一点已无关紧要。

5. What I am going to say is if you have a computer, now would be a good time to back up your files (档案)."
    可我要告诉你的是,如果你有台电脑,现在就是做好归挡的时候。"

6. The computer will still be unable to predict whether Princeton, New Jersey, will have sun or rain on a day one month away.
    计算机无法推断出1个月以后的某一天,新泽西州的普林斯顿究竟是晴天还是雨天。

7. The IBM Personal Computer was widely copied.
    IBM的个人电脑被大规模地模仿。

8. This would make them instantly identifiable to a computer.
    这样电脑就可立刻辨认出每一种食品。

9. The zero tells the computer which is the left side of the symbol.
    这个0是让计算机辨认条形码的左右。

10. The computer will automatically keep track of the number of items and their price.
    电脑会自动记录物品的数目和价格。

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