Computation

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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming
MIT / Computer Science
Eric Grimsom
John Guttag

This subject is aimed at students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class will use the Python™ programming language.
Hardware
Harvard / Computer Science
David J. Malan

Computation. Overview. Bits and bytes. ASCII. Processors. Motherboards: buses, connectors, ports, slots, and sockets. Memory: ROM, RAM, and cache.
Introduction and Goals of the Course
MIT / Computer Science
Eric Grimsom
John Guttag

Goals of the course; what is computation; introduction to data types, operators, and variables