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Copyright Basics
What is the law of copyright? What types of things can be copyrighted? What types of materials can not be copyrighted? Find out by viewing the second video in a series about the hot topic of intellectual property.
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Introduction to Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property, the hottest new topic in law schools. But just what does the term mean? Specifically? Legally? Legally, it refers to "Nonphysical property that stems from, is identified as, and whose value is based on an [a novel]...
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An Introduction to Prahalad and Hamel’s Core Competence of the Corporation
If you want to get ahead in business, is it better to foster collaboration between departments, or to allow specialists to work on their own projects? A short video introduces C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel's 1990 work, The Core...
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Data Structures: Crash Course Computer Science #14
Investigate an array of data structures. A video explains how computer programming relies on the ability to store and access data. It covers various data structures, including arrays, matrices, nodes, linked lists, trees, heaps, and stacks.
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Intro to Algorithms: Crash Course Computer Science #13
Chances are you benefit from computer algorithms every day. Viewers learn about algorithms and how they can be useful in sorting. They watch as the narrator sets up and uses a selection sort, a merge sort, and a graph search algorithm in...
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Programming Basics—Statements and Functions: Crash Course Computer Science #12
Include an informative video on programming as part of your computer science instruction. The 12th installment in the series teaches about statements and functions required to write code. Individuals learn about the IF, FOR, and...
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The First Programming Languages: Crash Course Computer Science #11
Computers need to know a lot of languages, n'est-ce pas? Scholars learn about advances in computer programming, from assemblers and compilers to more recent programming languages. They learn how these advances led to a shift in...
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Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10
How is a textile loom related to computer programming? An engaging video begins with an example of a textile loom requiring instructions to produce patterns to introduce the idea of programming and hen goes on to explain early...
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Advanced CPU Designs: Crash Course Computer Science #9
Faster is always better, right? The ninth installment of a series on computer science focuses on advancements in CPU design and speed. The video covers instruction pipelining, cache, FLOPS, branch prediction, multi-core processors, and...
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Instructions and Programs: Crash Course Computer Science #8
Scholars receive instruction on writing instructions as they learn how to develop computer programs in the eighth video of the series. Animations show how computers carry out these instructions and programs.
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The Central Processing Unit (CPU): Crash Course Computer Science #7
Build your own CPU. A video shows how logic gates, the ALU, and RAM all combine to form the central processing unit of a computer. It explains the fetch, decode, and execute phases of the CPU.
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Registers and RAM: Crash Course Computer Science #6
Computers need to remember their addresses, too. Scholars learn about random access memory (RAM) by watching a video. They see how computers store memory and how circuits require memory addresses to access memory.
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How Computers Calculate—the ALU: Crash Course Computer Science # 5
ALU, what are you? Young computer scientists watch a video to learn about the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) in the fifth video of the series. They use logic gates to represent each component of this unit.
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Representing Numbers and Letters with Binary: Crash Course Computer Science #4
Don't be afraid of this resource — it won't byte. The fourth video in the series focuses on binary numbers and how computers use bits and bytes to encode information. It also explains 32-bit and 64-bit computing systems.
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Boolean Logic and Logic Gates: Crash Course Computer Science #3
Boolean logic just makes sense. A video teaches individuals about Boolean logic and its connection to the binary system. It shows how the operations NOT, AND, OR, and XOR are shown on electric circuits using transistors.
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Electronic Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #2
What insect is the origin of the phrase computer bug? Scholars view a video to learn about the challenges with early computing efforts, including moths finding their way into mechanical relays. From vacuum tubes to transistors, the video...
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Early Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #1
A generation brought up with computers probably can't imagine a world without them. The first video in the series explains advances in early computing. From the abacus to tabulating machines, individuals see how computations were made...
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Object Types
Young coders learn how to use a function to create objects with similar properties and to allow for the creation of objects repeatedly with a short video that makes the point that coding with a function eliminates repetitions.
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What is Inside a Universal Remote Control?, Electrical engineering
Viewers get to see inside a universal remote control with a code library, with a short video that explains the components and how they work together to provide convenience.
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What is Inside a Hair Dryer? (1 of 2), Electrical Engineering
Discover the safety features in a hair dryer's plug. In the first of two videos on hair dryers, viewers watch as the plug for a hair dryer is taken apart. The video explains how a ground fault interrupt circuit in the plug works.
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What is Inside a Tap Light?, Reverse Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Turning on a tap light requires just a tap, but breaking it apart requires a bit more work. Viewers watch as the narrator disassembles a tap light into its components. The video explains the purpose of each part and how the tap light works.
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What is Inside an Alarm Clock Radio?, Electrical Engineering
Tick tock! Viewers see the inside of an alarm clock radio and how it works as the narrator of the video disassembles an alarm clock radio. The presenter explains how the power unit, housing unit, clock, and radio were constructed and how...
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Object Inheritance, Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation, Computer Programming
There is an easier way to share functions among objects. The fifth section of a six-part series on object-oriented design introduces the concept of object inheritance. The coding helps pupils create a base object type that has all the...
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What is Inside a Digital Camera? (1 of 2), Electrical Engineering
Explore the big picture of digital cameras. The first of two videos on digital cameras shows viewers the components inside a simple digital camera. It explains in detail how a digital camera works and how the components are made.