计算机专业英语 Chapter 4
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DatabaseChapter 4 What can I do? The problem is solved Reading ! ? Chapter 4 计算机专业英语 What can I do? ?Chapter 4 Background: Richard and Mark are good friends. They are in the same university. Richard is majoring in computer science and Mark is a business trade major. They often gather together to have a chat. Now let’s hear what they are talking about. 计算机专业英语 What can I do? ?Chapter 4 vRICHARD: what are you up to these days? vMARK: My sister would like to open an audio- video shop. I’m helping her with it. vRICHARD: Selling audio-video products? vMARK: Yea, as well as rental business. And we want to manage the selling and rental business with the help of computer. You know I’m not familiar with computer well. Can you introduce something related to me? 计算机专业英语 What can I do? ?Chapter 4 vRICHARD: Certainly. This task is especially suited to a database. Do you know something about database? vMARK: Little. Database, the concept seems too abstract to comprehend. vRICHARD: That’s quite true especially for some non-computer major. I think, first of all, you have to find some materials to read. vMARK: Yes, I will. But now can you explain to me in short terms? 计算机专业英语 What can I do? ?Chapter 4 v RICHARD: All right. Simply speaking, a database seems a huge storehouse of data, which is organized in a certain way waiting to be retrieved. And databases are also very common on the World Wide Web. For example, Information retrieval, E-Commerce and Dynamic Web Pages are all the examples of Web Databases in Use. v MARK: It sounds interesting. v RICHARD: Otherwise, I suggest that you conduct business online meanwhile. v MARK: Good idea! I’ll talk with my sister about it. Thank you very much! v RICHARD: My pleasure! 计算机专业英语 ContentsChapter 4 4.1 Introduction to Databases 4.2 The Relational Database Model 4.3 Database Languages 4.4 Databases and the Web 计算机专业英语 4.1 Introduction to DatabasesChapter 4 1 Database 2 database management system (DBMS) 3 physical level, logical level, view level 计算机专业英语 4.1 Introduction to Databases Chapter 4 vWhat is a database? vWhat is a database management system (DBMS)? vDo you know something about physical level, logical level, view level? 计算机专业英语 4.1 Introduction to DatabasesChapter 4 A database can simply be defined as a 被定义为 structured set of data. 结构化的 译文:数据库可以简单地定义为一组结构化的数据 集。 计算机专业英语 4.1 Introduction to DatabasesChapter 4 A database management system (DBMS), 主句 sometimes just called a database manager, 过去分词短语做非限定性定语修饰DBMS is a collection of programs 【that lets one 主句 程 序 定语从句 or more computer users create and access 创 建 访问 data in a database】. 译文:数据库管理系统( DBMS ) ,有时被称作数据库管理者,是一 组程序,它让一个或多个电脑用户创建数据库和访问数据库中的数据。 计算机专业英语 4.1 Introduction to DatabasesChapter 4 Since many users of database systems are 原因状语从句 not deeply familiar with computer data structures, database developers often hide complexity 主句 开发人员 复杂性 through the following levels to simplify users’ 层 次 简化 interactions with the system. 交互 译文:由于许多数据库系统的用户对于计算机的数据结构没有太深的了 解,数据库开发人员经常通过如下几个层次向用户屏蔽其复杂性,以 简化用户与系统之间的交互 计算机专业英语 4.1 Introduction to DatabasesChapter 4 Do you know the meaning of these items? va database 数据库 vdatabase management system (DBMS) 数据库管理系统 vphysical level 物理层 vlogical level 逻辑层 vview level 视图层 计算机专业英语 4.2 The Relational Database ModelChapter 4 1 the relational model 关 键 词: 计算机专业英语Chapter4
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