[Blackpool] Free Computer Science Course

[Tony Hughes]

Hi All

I've just signed up

Tony

On 18/02/12 19:26, MJ Hewitt wrote:
> Thanks Michael, this looks very good.
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> 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
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>> 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,
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>> Heeed
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