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Treehouse

Computer Basics Course (How To)

via Treehouse

Overview

In this course we're going to challenge what it means to be digitally literate by pulling back the curtain of how computers work. By the end of this course you should have a foundational understanding of computers and how we communicate with them.

What you'll learn

  • Data and Memory
  • Binary
  • Software
  • Fundamentals of Computer Languages

Syllabus

Computer Basics

This course will look at the fundamentals of software and hardware to build foundational knowledge of digital machines and how programs and data work.

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  • Data

    2:28

  • Data

    3 questions

  • Binary

    2:54

  • Binary

    5 questions

  • Hardware

    5:29

  • Hardware

    5 questions

Computer Languages

This course will build foundational knowledge of what several computer languages do and how they work together to build mobile and web applications.

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  • Software

    1:59

  • Software

    5 questions

  • Fundamentals of Computer Languages

    4:29

  • Fundamentals of Computer Languages

    4 questions

  • What Some Common Languages Do and How They Work Together

    3:21

  • What Some Common Languages Do and How They Work Together

    3 questions

  • Programming Paradigms

    4:29

  • Programming Paradigms - Part 1

    1 objective

  • Programming Paradigms - Part 2

    1 objective

  • Programming Paradigms - Part 3

    1 objective

Taught by

Joy Kesten

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