[Blackpool] Free Computer Science Course

[MJ Hewitt]

Thanks Michael, this looks very good.

On 18 February 2012 18:21, Michael Rimicans <heed at bigmassiveheed.co.uk>wrote:

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> As the subject line says: Free Computer Science course fromt Stanford
> University.
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> http://www.cs101-class.org/
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> cost: FREE
>
> details:
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> Syllabus
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> CS101 topics are covered with a mixture of video lecture and active
> lab work, all in the browser:
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> The nature of computers and code, what they can and cannot do
> How computer hardware works: chips, cpu, memory, disk
> Necessary jargon: bits, bytes, megabytes, gigabytes
> How software works: what is a program, what is "running"
> How digital images work
> Computer code: loops and logic
> Big ideas: abstraction, logic, bugs
> How structured data works
> How the internet works: ip address, routing, ethernet, wi-fi
> Computer security: viruses, trojans, and passwords, oh my!
> Analog vs. digital
> Digital media, images, sounds, video, compression
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> Cheers,
>
> Heeed
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