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How Computers Work: Demystifying Computation 

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Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

₹7,409

Mode of learning

Online

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How Computers Work: Demystifying Computation
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  • Duration 4 weeks
  • Weekly study 2 hours
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How Computers Work: Demystifying Computation
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  • On this course, you'll gain an understanding of how computers work at a fundamental level.
  • You'll explore system architecture, along with how computers use binary and logic. Once you've examined the von Neumann model of computer architecture and the Fetch-Execute cycle, you'll learn to build a range of simple circuits for maths, and then simulate various logic gates.
  • Ultimately you'll complete the course with an understanding of the processes that underpin every modern computers from supercomputers to smartphones, and everything in between.

How Computers Work: Demystifying Computation
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

What is a computer anyway?

Introduction

What is a computer?

How computers count

Logic Gates

Welcome to Week 2

NAND gates

All the gates

Combinational Logic Circuits

Mathematics with circuits

Binary mathematics

Binary multiplication

Maths with logic gates

How Computers Work

Welcome to Week 4

Von Neumann architecture

The Little Man Computer

Peer Review

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