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Programming Basics: Statements & Functions: Crash Course Computer Science #12
Season 1
Episode 12
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How Computers Calculate - the ALU: Crash Course Computer Science #5
Season 1
Episode 5
Take the 2017 PBS Digital Studios Survey: http://surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2017. Today we're going to talk about a fundamental part of all modern computers. The thing that basically everything else uses - the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (or the ALU). The ALU may not have to most exciting name, but it is the mathematical brain of a computer and is responsible for all the calculations your computer does