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Unit One
Section C
PDA Prizefight: Palm vs. Pocket PC
I. Fill in the blanks with the information given in the text:
1. With DataViz ’ s Documents To Go, you can view and edit desktop documents on your PDA
without converting them first to a PDA -specific ________. (format)
2. Both Palm OS and Windows Mobile PDAs can offer e-mail via ________ so that new
messages received on your desktop system are transferred to the PDA for on-the-go reading.
(synchronization)
3. The Windows Mobile keyboard, Block Recognizer, and Letter Recognizer are all ________
input areas, meaning they appear and disappear as needed. (virtual)
4. Generally speaking, Windows Mobile performs better in entering information and playing
________ files while Palm OS offers easier operation, more ________ programs, better desktop
compatibility, and a stronger e-mail application. (multimedia; third-party)
II. Translate the following terms or phrases from English into Chinese and vice versa:
1. data field 数据字段
2. learning curve 学习曲线
3. third-party solution 第三方解决方案
4. Windows Media Player Windows 媒体播放器
5. 开始按钮 Start button
6. 指定输入区 designated input area
7. 手写体识别系统 handwriting-recognition system
8. 字符集 character set
Unit Three
Section B
Longhorn :The Next Version of Windows
I. Fill in the blanks with the information given in the text:
1. NGSCB, the new security architecture Microsoft is developing for Longhorn, splits the OS
into two parts: a standard mode and a(n) ________ mode. (secure)
2. It is reported that Longhorn will provide different levels of operation that disable the more
intensive Aero effects to boost ________ on less capable PCs. (performance)
3. With Longhorn ’s new graphics and presentation engine, we can create and display Tiles on
the desktop, which remind us of the old Active Desktop but are based on ________ instead of
________. (XML; HTML)
4. The most talked-about feature in Longhorn so far is its new storage system, WinFS, which