What You Will Learn!
- Learn just enough about Electricity, Transistors, Logic Gates, and Binary Numbers to understand Processor Building Blocks (e.g. Clock, Cache, Controller).
- Learn Instruction Execution to understand what every Processor does and review the specifications of two example Processors.
- Learn what each Processor Building Block does to understand Instruction Execution which is the primary function of every computer.
- Learn what Software actually is and some of what it does as well as how to learn more about Software.
Description
If you work in the Technology industry or plan to, and don’t have an Electrical Engineering or Computer Science background, this ~100-minute course could be the most valuable training of your career.
Understanding how a computer works provides numerous advantages to the IT professional. For example:
Familiarity with terminology and concepts that might otherwise be a complete enigma.
Ability to communicate more effectively, gain credibility, and influence others.
Improved technical program management capability.
Career path options that might otherwise not be available.
Technical understanding upon which additional knowledge can be built.
The fields of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science are incredibly broad and incredibly deep.
The key to learning how a computer works quickly is to become familiar with just the right detail about just the right topics so you can understand what a computer actually does.
This training is comprehensive but requires no specific technical background.
Part 1 is free so you can assess the content and determine if you want to learn more.
Part 2 describes the Processor which provides the primary function of every computer and also introduces Software.
If you want to understand how a computer works quickly to gain a significant competitive advantage, you’ll want to complete this unique learning experience.
Who Should Attend!
- The course is for students or Technology professionals without an Electrical Engineering or Computer Science background who want to understand how a computer actually works
