IT for beginners - Understand the Digital World
Explore the universe of computers, programming, AI, and more - your comprehensive guide to technology mastery
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What You Will Learn!
- General overview of most important IT topics (computers, hardware, software, artificial intelligence)
- How computers store and process numbers, text, images, videos, and sound
- Number system concept, how computers use 0s and 1s
- Number systems conversions (decimal, binary, octal, hexadecimal)
- What are different computer parts and their role
- Boolean algebra
- Logic gates
- Basics of algorithms and data structures
- What are programming languages, how programmers think, how to build apps, and what tools are used to do this
- What is artificial intelligence, how it is created these days, and how it looks like
- How computer can master the game of chess in just a few hours without being explicitly programmed
- How computers learn to recognize objects instantly
- Even how to create self-driving cars
Description
Explore the fascinating realms of information, number systems, data storing and manipulation, machine instructions, algorithms, programming, and artificial intelligence!
Throughout this course, you'll gain comprehensive insights into how a computer functions, the range of its applications, the means by which it accomplishes them, and the intricacies of its construction.
We'll delve into the conceptual and physical aspects of computers, helping you understand both the theoretical models and tangible mechanisms.
The course will show you how computers store and convert data, teaching you about different number systems such as binary, decimal, octal, and hexadecimal, and the conversions between them. You will understand why computers use zeros and ones to represent everything.
I will explain what is the phenomenon of the growing power of computers, how it is affected by minimization and miniaturization.
You'll be given a behind-the-scenes look into the software development process, offering you a glimpse into the day-to-day duties of a programmer, and the attributes that define a good programmer.
I will also discuss the physical and logical limitations of computers, helping you understand the tasks that computers excel at and those they struggle with, as well as the reasons behind these strengths and limitations.
Finally, the course will address the intriguing and popular yet often perplexing topic of artificial intelligence, demystifying its complexities.
Who Should Attend!
- Computer science students
- People that want to start career in IT
- People that want to understand how programming and artificial intelligence look like
- Anyone who wants to learn the basics of IT
- Anyone who is interested in how computers work
