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Programming Basics: Statements & Functions: Crash Course Computer Science #12
Season 1
Episode 12
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Representing Numbers + Letters with Binary: Crash Course Computer Science #4
Season 1
Episode 4
Today, we’re going to take a look at how computers use a stream of 1s and 0s to represent all of our data - from our text messages and photos to music and webpages. We’re going to focus on how these binary values are used to represent numbers and letters, and discuss how our need to perform operations on larger and more complex values brought us from our 8-bit video games.
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In our SERIES FINALE of Crash Course Computer Science we take a look towards the future!

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

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

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Today we're going to talk about robots!

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How do computers make decisions on the data they collect?

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

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

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