How a Computer Works - from silicon to apps

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A whistle-stop tour of how computers work, from how silicon is used to make computer chips, perform arithmetic to how programs run and computer graphics are displayed.

Contents: 00:00 - Introduction 00:55 - Transistors 08:05 - Logic gates 11:34 - Binary numbers 16:55 - Memory and clock 24:56 - Instructions 29:30 - Loops 33:55 - Input and output

41:28 - Conclusion

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Improbable Matter

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English

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