This course contains 6 segments:
Introducing How Computers Work
Microsoft founder Bill Gates gives a quick overview of the entire How Computers Work series.
What makes a computer, a computer?
Inventor and designer May-Li Khoe and virtual reality designer Nat Brown introduce the four features that all computers share.
Binary & data
Adafruit founder Limor Fried and program manager Federico Gomez Suarez explain how computers represent numbers, text, images, and sound using tiny electric signals.
Circuits & Logic
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This course contains 6 segments:
Introducing How Computers Work
Microsoft founder Bill Gates gives a quick overview of the entire How Computers Work series.
What makes a computer, a computer?
Inventor and designer May-Li Khoe and virtual reality designer Nat Brown introduce the four features that all computers share.
Binary & data
Adafruit founder Limor Fried and program manager Federico Gomez Suarez explain how computers represent numbers, text, images, and sound using tiny electric signals.
Circuits & Logic
This course contains 6 segments:
Introducing How Computers Work
Microsoft founder Bill Gates gives a quick overview of the entire How Computers Work series.
What makes a computer, a computer?
Inventor and designer May-Li Khoe and virtual reality designer Nat Brown introduce the four features that all computers share.
Binary & data
Adafruit founder Limor Fried and program manager Federico Gomez Suarez explain how computers represent numbers, text, images, and sound using tiny electric signals.
Circuits & Logic
Adafruit founder Limor Fried and virtual reality designer Nat Brown show how simple logical circuits underlie everything your computer does.
CPU, memory, input & output
Smart fabric designer Madison Maxey and founder and maker Danielle Applestone explain the different components that allow computers to input, store, process, and output information.
Hardware and Software
Engineering manager Erica Gomez, program manager Jerome Holman, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates explain how a computer's hardware and software work together.
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