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Marc Scott, Laura Sach, Caitlyn Merry, Martin O'Hanlon, Ross Exton, Michael Conterio, Mac Bowley, and Alex Parry

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  • How computers use binary arithmetic
  • How transistors can act as digital switches and be combined to create logic gates
  • Creating truth tables for AND, NOT and OR gates, individually or combined
  • How logic gates can be combined to produce digital circuits that can perform a calculation
  • Von Neuman Architecture and the Fetch-Execute cycle

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Unclear beginners course

This course is designed for teachers of KS3 and GCSE Computer Science, or educators teaching at an equivalent level. However, the only review received indicates that this course is not suitable for absolute beginners, citing confusing explanations and a lack of clarity. Therefore, students seeking an introduction to computer science may want to consider other options.
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"...but dont worry about that not, we'll talk about that later..."

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