How Computers Work – Free Online Course – FutureLearn

Explore the fundamentals of computing computer architecture binary logic data processing circuits more Supported by Google Understand computation the basis of every computer system On this course youll gain an understanding of how computers work at a fundamental level Youll explore system architecture along with how computers use binary and logic Once youve examined the von Neumann model of computer architecture and the Fetch-Execute cycle youll learn to build a range of simple circuits for maths and then simulate various logic gates Ultimately youll complete the course with an understanding of the processes that underpin every modern computer from supercomputers to smartphones and everything in between Explain how transistors can act as digital switches and be combined to create logic gates Produce truth tables for AND NOT and OR gates individually or combined Explain how computers use binary arithmetic Describe how logic gates can be combined to produce digital circuits that can perform a calculation Describe Von Neuman Architecture and the Fetch-Execute cycle