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Computer Science Principles: Digital Information

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Learn how digital information is stored, transmitted, and encoded by computers. This course covers the first part of the AP Computer Science Principles exam.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know beforehand
  • Contact
1. Innovation and Technology
  • History of innovation
  • Impact of coding and programming
2. Computer Communications
  • Yes and no answers with binary
  • Binary and bits
  • Communicating with bits
  • Digital communication
3. Number Systems
  • Abstraction of numbers
  • Binary numbers
  • Bit size and values
  • Overflow
4. Encoding and Sending Text
  • ASCII and Unicode
  • Encoding formatted text
5. Working with Large Amounts of Data
  • File sizes and bytes
  • Text compression
  • Encoding images
  • Image compression and file formats
Conclusion
  • Summary

Taught by

Doug Winnie

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