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Programming Basics: Statements & Functions: Crash Course Computer Science #12
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Episode 12
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The Central Processing Unit (CPU): Crash Course Computer Sci #7
Season 1
Episode 7
Take the 2017 PBS Digital Studios Survey: http://surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017. Today we’re going to build the ticking heart of every computer - the Central Processing Unit or CPU. The CPU’s job is to execute the programs we know and love - you know like GTA V, Slack... and Power Point. To make our CPU we’ll bring in our ALU and RAM we made in the previous two episodes and then with the help of Car
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Today we start a three episode arc on the rise of a global telecommunications network.
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Today we’re going to discuss how 3D graphics are created and rendered for a 2D screen.
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Today, we're going to discuss the critical role of graphical user interfaces.
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Today we're going to talk about the birth of personal computing.
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This is an era that saw huge government funded projects - like the race to the moon.
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Today we begin our discussion of computer graphics.
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Today, we are going to start our discussion on user experience.
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Today, we’re going to talk about lossless compression.
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Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files.
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Today we’re going to trace the history of these storage technologies.
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Computers keep getting faster and faster...
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So you may have heard of Moore's Law...