序 前言 Part 1 Computer and Network Unit 1 Bring Home the Internet Unit 2 Digital Signature Guide Unit 3 Firewalls Fend off Invasions from the Net Unit 4 Intel, AMD Battle for Chip Speed Crown Unit 5 Network Capacity Planning Unit 6 Overview of the Web Unit 7 Say Hello to Windows 2000 Unit 8 Welcome to Protel 99-for Windows NT 4.0/95/98 Unit 9 The Path to Open-source Systems Unit 10 DTV Could Be DOA Unit 11 Global Communication through Online Translation Unit 12 The Future of Education and Learning Unit 13 The Future of Information Technology Unit 14 The Future of Public Transport Unit 15 The Future of the City Unit 16 The Future of the Office Part 2 Energy Unit 17 Solar Energy Unit 18 Wind Power Unit 19 Geothermal Energy Unit 20 Nuclear Energy Unit 21 Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Unit 22 Biomass Part 3 Electronic Technology Unit 23 Darlington's Contributions to Transistor Circuit Design Unit 24 Wide-Band Communication into the Home Unit 25 A Response to "Wide-Band Communication into the Home" Unit 26 The Integrated Circuit's Early History Unit 27 Design Methodologies Based on Hardware Description Languages Part 4 Electricity and Control Unit 28 AIBO"AI That Works Like a Dog to Entertain You Unit 29 DSPs in Communications Unit 30 Fuel Cells for Homes and Hospitals Unit 31 General Network Synthesis Unit 32 Electric Vehicle and Theirs Advantage Unit 33 High-Flying DSP Architectures Unit 34 Intelligent Information Retrieval Unit 35 Natural Language, Relevancy Ranking, and Common Sense Unit 36 Online Maps: Help or Hindrance? Unit 37 Power for the People Unit 38 Non-Stop Monitoring Unit 39 Power Quality Unit 40 Living with Leaks Unit 41 Turning Fine Words into Deeds Unit 42 Post Modern Power Systems ANSWER KEY