Computer Science Principles: Digital Information

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

Course Description

Overview

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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