与电脑有关的词汇.docx

与电脑有关的词汇Now,?the?VOA?Special?English?program?WORDS?ANDTHEIR?STORIES.Computer?technology?has?become?a?major?part?ofpeoples?lives.?This?technology?has?its?own?specialwords.?One?example?is?the?word?mouse.?A?computermouse?is?not?a?small?animal?that?lives?in?buildings?and?open?fields.?It?is?a?small?device?that?youmove?around?on?a?flat?surface?in?front?of?a?computer.?The?mouse?moves?the?pointer,?or?cursor,on?the?computer?screen.Computer?expert?Douglas?Engelbart?developed?the?idea?for?the?mouse?in?the?earlynineteen-sixties.?The?first?computer?mouse?was?a?carved?block?of?wood?with?two?metal?wheels.It?was?called?a?mouse?because?it?had?a?tail?at?one?end.?The?tail?was?the?wire?that?connected?it?tothe?computer.Read,?listen?and?learn?English?with?this?story.?Double-click?on?any?word?to?find?thedefinition?in?the?Merriam-Webster?Learners?Dictionary.Using?a?computer?takes?some?training.?People?who?are?experts?are?sometimes?called?hackers.?Ahacker?is?usually?a?person?who?writes?software?programs?in?a?special?computer?language.?Butthe?word?hacker?is?also?used?to?describe?a?person?who?tries?to?steal?information?fromcomputer?systems.Another?well?known?computer?word?is?Google,?spelled?g-o-o-g-l-e.?It?is?the?name?of?a?popularsearch?engine?for?the?Internet.?People?use?the?search?engine?to?find?information?about?almostany?subject?on?the?Internet.?The?people?who?started?the?company?named?it?Google?because?inmathematics,?googol,?spelled?g-o-o-g-o-l,?is?an?extremely?large?number.?It?is?the?number?onefollowed?by?one-hundred?zeros.When?you?Google?a?subject,?you?can?get?a?large?amount?of?information?about?it.?Some?peoplelike?to?Google?their?friends?or?themselves?to?see?how?many?times?their?name?appears?on?theInternet.If?you?Google?someone,?you?might?find?that?persons?name?on?a?blog.?A?blog?is?the?shortenedname?for?a?Web?log.?A?blog?is?a?personal?Web?page.?It?may?contain?stories,?comments,pictures?and?links?to?other?Web?sites.?Some?people?add?information?to?their?blogs?every?day.People?who?have?b