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Information Representation in Computer Systems
Estimated completion time: 3h
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Course Overview
Computer systems do not understand human instructions, nor can they perceive real-life data in its raw form. Therefore, computer systems require a way to store and represent information in an accessible way. They use software and hardware components combined to help retrieve information, store it, manipulate it, and co...
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Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Get introduced to the basics of computer systems.
Learn about the different hardware and software components of a computer.
Get hands-on experience in data representation in Python.
Learn about the different techniques of data compression.
Course Contents
1. Computer basics
2. Hardware and Software Components of a Computer
3. Data Representation in Python
4. Image, Audio, and Video Representation in Python
5. Data Compression
How you will learn
Faster than videos
Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That's why our courses are text-based.
Hands-on coding environments
You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.
No set-up required
Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.
Progress you can show
Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.
Course Contents
1. Computer basics
2. Hardware and Software Components of a Computer
3. Data Representation in Python
4. Image, Audio, and Video Representation in Python
5. Data Compression
How you will learn
Faster than videos
Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That's why our courses are text-based.
Hands-on coding environments
You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.
No set-up required
Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.
Progress you can show
Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.
