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The Future of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #40

In our SERIES FINALE of Crash Course Computer Science we take a look towards the future!

Educational Technology: Crash Course Computer Science #39

Today we’re going to talk about how computer science can support learning.

Psychology of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #38

Today, we’re going to discuss some psychological considerations in building computers.

Robots: Crash Course Computer Science #37

Today we're going to talk about robots!

Natural Language Processing: CC Computer Science #36

Today we’re going to talk about how computers understand speech and speak themselves.

Computer Vision: Crash Course Computer Science #35

Today we’re going to talk about how computers see.

Machine Learning & A.I. - Crash Course Computer Science #34

How do computers make decisions on the data they collect?

Cryptography: Crash Course Computer Science #33

Today we’re going to talk about how to keep information secret, and this isn’t a new goal.

Hackers & Cyber Attacks: Crash Course Computer Science #32

Today we're going to talk about hackers and their strategies for breaking into computer sy

Cybersecurity: Crash Course Computer Science #31

Cybersecurity is a set of techniques to protect data against threats.

The World Wide Web: Crash Course Computer Science #30

Today we’re going to discuss the World Wide Web - not to be confused with the Internet.

The Internet: Crash Course Computer Science #29

Today, we're going to talk about how the Internet works.

Computer Networks: Crash Course Computer Science #28

Today we start a three episode arc on the rise of a global telecommunications network.

3D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science #27

Today we’re going to discuss how 3D graphics are created and rendered for a 2D screen.

Graphical User Interfaces: Crash Course Computer Science #26

Today, we're going to discuss the critical role of graphical user interfaces.

The Personal Computer Revolution: Crash Course Computer Scie

Today we're going to talk about the birth of personal computing.

The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science

This is an era that saw huge government funded projects - like the race to the moon.

Screens & 2D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science #23

Today we begin our discussion of computer graphics.

Keyboards & Command Line Interfaces: Crash Course Computer S

Today, we are going to start our discussion on user experience.

Compression: Crash Course Computer Science #21

Today, we’re going to talk about lossless compression.

Files & File Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #20

Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files.

Memory & Storage: Crash Course Computer Science #19

Today we’re going to trace the history of these storage technologies.

Operating Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #18

Computers keep getting faster and faster...

Software Engineering: Crash Course Computer Science #16

We'll talk about how large programs are typically broken up into into function units.

Alan Turing: Crash Course Computer Science #15

The father of computer science himself: Alan Turing.

Data Structures: Crash Course Computer Science #14

Today we’re going to talk about on how we organize the data we use on our devices.

Programming Basics: Statements & Functions: Crash Course Com

We’ll start by creating small programs for our very own video game to show how statements

The First Programming Languages: Crash Course Computer Scien

These new languages utilized new abstractions to make programming easier.

Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10

Today, we’re going to look at the history of programming

Advanced CPU Designs: Crash Course Computer Science #9

We’re going to take a step back and look at how CPU speeds have rapidly increased.

Instructions & Programs: Crash Course Computer Science #8

Today we’re going to take our first baby steps from hardware into software!

The Central Processing Unit (CPU): Crash Course Computer Sci

Today we’re going to build the ticking heart of every computer.

Registers and RAM: Crash Course Computer Science #6

Today we’re going to create memory!

How Computers Calculate - the ALU: Crash Course Computer Sci

Today we're going to talk about a fundamental part of all modern computers.

Representing Numbers and Letters with Binary: Crash Course C

We’re going to take a look at how computers use a stream of 1s and 0s to represent data.

Boolean Logic & Logic Gates: Crash Course Computer Science #

We’re going to focus on three fundamental operations - NOT, AND, and OR.

Electronic Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #2

As the scale of human civilization continued to grow as did the demand for more devices.

Early Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #1

Today, we’re going to take a look at computing’s origins.

About 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!

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