- Introduction
- Introduction
- 1 The first computers
- 2 The parts of a computer
- 3 The general purpose, programmable computer
- 4 Computers and data
- 5 Computers today
- 6 Summary of Session 1
- Introduction
- 1 A Personal Computer
- 2 Processors
- 3 Memory
- 4 Peripheral devices
- 5 Connecting the devices
- 6 Computers as systems
- 7 Summary of Session 2
- Introduction
- 1 Processor statistics
- 2 What does a processor look like?
- 3 Moore’s law
- 4 Summary of Session 3
- Introduction
- 1 Switches
- 2 Representing data: bits
- 3 Representing data: bytes
- 4 An alternative to binary?
- 5 Representing text in binary
- 6 Representing numbers in binary
- 7 Representing pictures and music in binary
- 8 Representing images in binary
- 9 Representing audio in binary
- 10 This session’s quiz
- 11 Summary of Session 4
- Introduction
- 1 The personal computer
- 2 Electronic kitchen scales
- 3 Digital camera
- 4 Summary of Session 5
- Introduction
- 1 Software
- 2 Operating systems
- 3 Using flowcharts to describe a task
- 4 Using flowcharts to describe a task 2
- 5 Tasks for a typing tutor
- 6 Developing an application program
- 7 The language of the web
- 8 Summary of Session 6
- Introduction
- 1 Technologies
- 2 The internet
- 3 The Internet of Things
- 4 Summary of Session 7
- Introduction
- 1 Pervasive computing
- 2 Green computing
- 3 This session’s quiz
- 4 Summary of Session 8
- 5 Course summary
- Next steps
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements
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