豆知识 2011-05-22&05-28 带你认识谷歌操作系统

 So, you are on the Internet using a web browser¹. You know that thing with the address bar, and back button, and bookmarks. That thing you are in right now, up there, yeah, that's your web browser. 

If you like me when you’re on your own computer, you spend something like, I don't know, 90 percent of your time on the Internet in a browser. There’s emails, chatting; you’re reading news, watching videos, playing games, buying things, just to name a few, which kind of makes the web browser the most important program on your computer. And if you think about it, it hasn't always been this way. 

You see, web browsers² were first designed a long time ago with the old Internet in mind. You know back when it was slow, and mainly just words with links that just send you to more words with links back before all of these innovations. So some guys at Google asked, “What if we redesigned the web browser from scratch with an eye towards the new web?” You know, maps, video, and web apps that are a lot more dynamic. And so they created Chrome, a web browser that’s crazy faster on today's Internet. And it's slick and more secure. But mostly, it's really fast. I mean my biggest question when I boot up my computer is how long till I get on the Internet, right? I mean if there isn't any Internet, I might not even use my computer. Did you know that even the fastest computers will still take like 45 seconds to boot up. 45 seconds! You can make a sandwich in that time. 

So here is what's going on when your computer is booting up. There’s a list of things to do. Stuff I’m sure you don't care about, but it cranks through them one at a time. What you probably notice is that your programs begin loading up slowly and if you like me, as soon as you see your web browser icon³ appear, you’re double clicking it over and over and over...”Let's go, buddy⁴, I got some emails to read.” Well, all this stuff is called your operating system. And over time it gets rusty⁵ and you once fresh computer gets slow. 

Well, Google was like, “Wait a second. If your operating system is a hassle, and all you’re really using it for is to get on your web browser, to get online, then maybe we don't need this anymore. What if when you pressed on, you were on internet in seconds? What if your browser was your operating system? So check this out. This means you don't have to deal with managing programs or nagging⁶ updates or lost files or confusing settings or blue screens of doom⁷. And there’s no nagging updates, just your browser, which means you can still listen to music, you can watch movies, interact with friends, you’re creating documents, you’re playing games, you’re writing your email… You’re doing all this stuff that you’re already doing on the Internet. But here is the thing: none of this is stored on your computer. What? None of it, you asked? Yeah, none of it. Really nothing? Yeah, nothing is stored on your computer. 

Well, where is it? It's on the Internet. You know, like when you access your emails from your computer and your phone, the email isn’t stored on either device. 

So if everything is stored on the Internet, then your phone, your computer, all of these devices are what people call stateless, which is kind of a big word, so maybe just remember this: Chrome is a totally rethought web browser. You can download it right now on your computer. But Chrome OS is a totally rethought computer that lets you stop worrying about your computer, so you can focus on the Internet, which is what most of us use our computers for nowadays, anyways.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 browsers   

浏览器

参考例句：

• Three-layer architecture is a model made up of browser, web server and background database server. 这种体系结构是由Browser、Web Server、Database Server组成的浏览器／Web服务器／后台数据库服务器三层模型。 来自互联网
• Another excellent approach is to abandon the browser entirely and, instead, create a non-browser-based, Internet-enabled application. 另一个非常好的方法是干脆放弃浏览器，取而代之，创建一个不基于浏览器，但却是基于互联网的应用。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

4 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

5 rusty   

adj.生锈的；锈色的；荒废了的

参考例句：

• The lock on the door is rusty and won't open.门上的锁锈住了。
• I haven't practiced my French for months and it's getting rusty.几个月不用，我的法语又荒疏了。

6 nagging   

adj.唠叨的，挑剔的；使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评（某人）( nag的现在分词 )；不断地烦扰或伤害（某人）；无休止地抱怨；不断指责

参考例句：

• Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。
• I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。