Information Representation in Computer Systems
Beginner
37 Lessons
3h
Certificate of Completion
Takeaway Skills
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 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 convert it back to a human-accessible format. If you want to learn how computer systems perform complex tasks such as storing and manipulating textual data, videos, music, images of your cat, an...Show More
Course Content
Computer basics
Hardware and Software Components of a Computer
Data Representation in Python
Image, Audio, and Video Representation in Python
Data Compression
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