A course for people studying computer science or working with computers. It covers a wide range of computing areas, giving practice in all four language skills. Particular emphasis is placed on the vocabulary and grammar of the English used in computer science.

Unit 1
Personal computing
The processor
Language focus A
Contextual reference

Unit 2
Portable computers
Operating systems
Language focus B
Word formation prefixes

Unit 3
Online services
Data transmission
Language focus C
Word formation suffixes

Unit 4
Programming and languages
C language
Language focus D
Organizing information

Unit 5
Computer software
Comparing software packages
Language focus E
Making comparisons

Unit 6
Computer networks
Network configurations
Language focus F
Time sequence

Unit 7
Computer viruses
Computer security
Language focus G
Listing

Unit 8
Computers in the office
Information systems
Language focus H
The passive

Unit 9
Computers in education
CALL
Language focus I
Giving examples

Unit 10
Computers in medicine
Data storage and management
Language focus J
Explanations and definitions

Unit 11
Robotics
Robot characteristics
Language focus K
Compound nouns

Unit 12
Virtual reality
VR input devices
Language focus L
Classifying

Unit 13
Machine translation
AI and expert systems
Language focus M
Cause and effect

Unit 14
Multimedia
Computer-to-video conversion
Language focus N
Making predictions

Unit 15
Computer graphics
24-bit colour

Appendix 1 Letter writing
Appendix 2 Glossary of terms