Computer Science Crash Course

In this series of tutorials, we’re going to explore the origins of modern computers, how computer hardware and software developed, discuss how and why our smart devices are getting smarter, and look toward the future! Over the course of this series, you'll gain a better understanding of how far computers have taken us, and where it can take us in the future.

From the classic CPU and automatic control to the hot artificial intelligence and machine vision, you can quickly appreciate computer science. After reading this ten-minute crash course, you will feel happy and can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day.

• Chapter 1：Early Computing - Early Computing (11 minutes and 52 seconds)

• Chapter 2：Electronic Computing- Electronic Computing (10 minutes and 43 seconds)

• Chapter 3：Boolean Logic & Logic Circuits - Boolean Logic & Logic Gates (10 minutes and 6 seconds)

• Chapter 4：Binary - Representing Numbers and Letters with Binary (10 minutes and 45 seconds)

• Chapter 5：Arithmetic Logic Unit - How Computers Calculate - the ALU (11 minutes and 9 seconds)

• Chapter 6：Registers and RAM- Registers and RAM (12 minutes and 16 seconds)

• Chapter 7：Central Processing Unit (CPU) (11 minutes and 37 seconds)

• Chapter 8：Instructions & Programs-Instructions & Programs (10 minutes and 35 seconds)

• Chapter 9：Advanced CPU Designs - Advanced CPU Designs (12 minutes and 22 seconds)

• Chapter 10：Programming History - Early Programming (9 minutes and 26 seconds)

• Chapter 11：Programming Languages ​​- The First Programming Languages (11 minutes and 51 seconds)

• Chapter 12：Programming Basics Statements & Functions (11 minutes and 56 seconds)

• Chapter 13：Algorithms preliminary-Intro to Algorithms (11 minutes and 43 seconds)

• Chapter 14：Data Structures - Data Structures (10 minutes and 6 seconds)

• Chapter 15：Alan Turing - Alan Turing (13 minutes and 4 seconds)

• Chapter 16：Software Engineering - Software Engineering (10 minutes and 34 seconds)

• Chapter 17：Integrated Circuits & Moore's Law (13 minutes and 49 seconds)

• Chapter 18：Operating Systems- Operating Systems (13 minutes and 35 seconds)

• Chapter 19：Memory & Storage Media- Memory & Storage (12 minutes and 16 seconds)

• Chapter 20：File Systems - Files & File Systems (12 minutes and 2 seconds)

• Chapter 21：Compression - Compression (12 minutes and 47 seconds)

• Chapter 22：Keyboards & Command Line Interfaces (11 minutes and 23 seconds)

• Chapter 23：Screens & 2D Graphics - Screens & 2D Graphics (11 minutes and 31 seconds)

• Chapter 24：The Cold War and Consumerism - The Cold War and Consumerism (11 minutes and 18 seconds)

• Chapter 25：The Personal Computer Revolution - The Personal Computer Revolution (10 minutes and 14 seconds)

• Chapter 26：Graphical User Interfaces - Graphical User Interfaces (12 minutes and 58 seconds)

• Chapter 27：3D Graphics - 3D Graphics (12 minutes and 40 seconds)

• Chapter 28：Computer Networks- Computer Networks (12 minutes and 19 seconds)

• Chapter 29：The Internet - The Internet (11 minutes and 58 seconds)

• Chapter 30：The World Wide Web - The World Wide Web (11 minutes and 36 seconds)

• Chapter 31：Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity (12 minutes and 29 seconds)

• Chapter 32：Hackers & Cyber ​​Attacks (11 minutes and 52 seconds)

• Chapter 33：Cryptography - Cryptography (12 minutes and 32 seconds)

• Chapter 34：Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence- Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence (11 minutes and 50 seconds)

• Chapter 35：Computer Vision - Computer Vision (11 minutes and 9 seconds)

• Chapter 36：Natural Language Processing- Natural Language Processing (11 minutes and 49 seconds)

• Chapter 37：Robots - Robots (12 minutes and 25 seconds)

• Chapter 38：Psychology of Computing - Psychology of Computing (12 minutes and 38 seconds)

• Chapter 39：Educational Technology- Educational Technology (11 minutes and 51 seconds)

• Chapter 40：The Singularity, Skynet, and the Future of Computing - The Singularity, Skynet, and the Future of Computing (12 minutes and 29 seconds)