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Computer Science 101 - Computers & Programming for Beginners
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Computer Science 101 - Computers & Programming for Beginners

Understand the basic concepts behind Computers, Computer Science, Programming and Programming Languages
Last updated 11/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand how computers work
  • Understand basic concepts of Computer Science
  • Understand basic concepts of Programming and Programming Languages

Course content

19 sections36 lectures1h 1m total length
  • Introduction & Curriculum1:39
  • What is a computer?1:43

    Learn what a computer is: an electronic device that stores and processes data by running software, and understand how hardware differs from software.

  • What can a computer do? What can't a computer do?2:41

    Computers process vast data and perform complex calculations quickly, using teaching, data, and predefined solutions. Machine learning and AI are rising, but computers still lack independent judgment, intuition, and emotion.

  • How do we communicate with Computers?5:11
  • Why are Computer Science and Programming important?2:37

Requirements

  • Access to a computer might be beneficial but is not needed
  • Interest in Computer Science and Programming

Description

Computer Science is a topic that is becoming more and more relevant. Whether in college, school or at work. Computers and computer programs are everywhere in our everyday lives. We use software in smartphones, ATMs and even household appliances that we are able to control with our smartphones. A lot of people are confused and don't really know how all of this actually works

This compact course will take you from zero knowledge to having a solid understanding of the basic concepts of computer science and programming languages.
To keep the course interesting and entertaining, we use a lot of examples to explain the individual topics. Amongst many other things we will learn about the importance of algorithms and how we can create one and why they are incredibly important. We will also learn about different approaches to programming such as imperative, declarative and object oriented programming. We're going to give you real world examples outside of code and computer programs to make sure everybody is able to understand what we are talking about.


At the end of this course you will have a fundamental understanding of the most important concepts of computer science and programming and can try your luck on an easy test exercise. The course also contains a kind of glossary where we've listed definitions and explanations for the most important terms so you always have them at your fingertips.


So if you always wanted to know how computers actually work, what a programmer does and how we are using computers to develop our own programs join us in this course!

Who this course is for:

  • Programming Beginners
  • People who are interested in the topic of Computer Science and Programming