Host Carrie Anne Philbin

Crash Course Computer Science! In this series, we're going to trace the origins of our modern computers, take a closer look at the ideas that gave us our current hardware and software, discuss how and why our smart devices just keep getting smarter, and even look towards the future! Computers fill a crucial role in the function of our society, and it's our hope that over the course of this series you will gain a better understanding of how far computers have taken us and how far they may carry us into the future. (Crash Course Synopsis)

1 Early Computing

2 Electronic Computing

3 Boolean Logic & Logic Gates

4 Representing Numbers & Letters with Binary

5 How Computers Calculate - the ALU

6. Registers and RAM

7. The Central Processing Unit (CPU)

8. Instructions & Programs (CPU)

9. Advanced CPU Designs

10. Early Programming

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Video Link Included: Crash Course Computer Science