Instructional Video7:06
SciShow

5D, Holograms, & DNA: Amazing Hard Drives of the Future

12th - Higher Ed
Today's data storage solutions have an expiration date. What's on the horizon to replace them?
Instructional Video3:48
SciShow

How Much Data Can Our Brains Store?

12th - Higher Ed
Our brains aren't exactly like a computer's hard drive, but it can still be fun to think about just how much storage space we have in our noggins.
Instructional Video7:35
SciShow

5D, Holograms, & DNA: Amazing Hard Drives of the Future

12th - Higher Ed
Today's data storage solutions have an expiration date. What's on the horizon to replace them?
Instructional Video8:22
SciShow

How Hackers Hack, and How To Stop Them

12th - Higher Ed
Hacking is tough, but stopping hackers can be even tougher.
Instructional Video8:36
Crash Course

Induction - An Introduction: Crash Course Physics

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Megneto helps Shini explain what induction is, how it works, and why magnetism is so seemingly complicated.
Instructional Video4:35
Curated Video

The Absolute Beginners Guide to Cyber Security 2023 - Part 1 - The Colonial Pipeline Attack

Higher Ed
In this lesson, we will look at the colonial pipeline attack that happened on April 29, 2021, when the gas line was shut down, causing a gas shortage in the US.
Instructional Video6:43
Curated Video

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) - Integrating On-Premises Storage

Higher Ed
How might you integrate storage at your location with Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage? This video introduces the AWS features that allow you to incorporate storage in this way.
Instructional Video6:44
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 2 (220-1102) - Boot Order

Higher Ed
This video explains Boot Order on a system that has a lot of storage devices.
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Instructional Video5:44
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - TCP, UDP, and ICMP

Higher Ed
TCP is the most popular IP protocol, but it isn't the only one. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) both serve important purposes and features that techs need to understand.
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Instructional Video4:36
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Multiple Monitors

Higher Ed
The CompTIA A+ concentrates on Windows, but every operating system gives you the ability to use more than one monitor. Make sure you understand the power of multiple monitors as well as how to install and configure them.
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Instructional Video6:32
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Installing a Graphics Card

Higher Ed
Graphics cards often require special treatment when installing them in terms of power and cooling. In addition, systems need special drivers to take full advantage of the power of most graphics cards.
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Instructional Video6:03
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Resolutions and Aspect Ratios

Higher Ed
More resolution means a more detailed picture. Monitor resolutions have increased for decades, and a good tech understands common resolutions and aspect ratios.
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Instructional Video12:52
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Graphics Cards and Connections

Higher Ed
Monitors don't create the images they display; that's the graphics card's job. Graphics cards come with different features and capabilities that a good tech understands very well.
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Instructional Video4:03
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - LCD Breakdown

Higher Ed
The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is the dominant technology for today's monitors. A good tech should possess a deep understanding of how LCDs work and how to open and repair an LCD monitor.
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Instructional Video7:38
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Monitor Technologies

Higher Ed
There's more than one way to make a monitor, but they all share one very important common feature: the pixel. Once we understand that all monitors have pixels, it's easier to understand the different technologies you might find in a...
Instructional Video5:15
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Installing and Troubleshooting Expansion Cards

Higher Ed
Even though we live in a world of built-to-exact-specification systems, you will eventually need to install and possibly troubleshoot expansion cards. Let's look at the modern expansion card formats and then get hands-on and...
Instructional Video4:58
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Common Peripherals

Higher Ed
Peripherals allow us to expand our system to support new features such as printing, sound, and external storage. They also enable a wide array of input devices like mice and keyboards. Knowing how to identify each of them quickly is...
Instructional Video6:49
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Readers and Scanners

Higher Ed
A broad cross-section of peripherals scans and read data. From flatbed scanners to barcode readers and card readers, these devices make our users' lives easier and more convenient.
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Instructional Video9:39
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Optical Media

Higher Ed
Shiny optical discs are an excellent media for transporting data and are still a very common tool for delivering drivers and configuration utilities for hardware. There's several different optical standards and it's critical to know...
Instructional Video5:12
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Thunder and Lightning

Higher Ed
Thunderbolt and Lightning connectors are high-speed alternatives to USB. A good tech recognizes when these technologies are used, their unique connectors, and the benefits/weaknesses they have compared to USB.
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Instructional Video7:08
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Configuring USB

Higher Ed
Most USB devices work well fresh out-of-the-box. For those that don't, it's important to have a proper USB configuration process to make sure a USB device and all of its features work properly.
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Instructional Video10:35
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Understanding USB

Higher Ed
Why are there USB Type-A and USB Type-B connectors? Why do modern systems still provide older USB connectors when the latest USB perfectly supports older devices? It takes a good understanding of the USB standards to see how and...
Instructional Video9:57
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - USB Standards

Higher Ed
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface is the main peripheral interface these days. Make sure you're aware of different USB standards as well as the different types of USB connectors.
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Instructional Video7:48
Curated Video

CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - Mass Storage Troubleshooting

Higher Ed
Mass storage devices sometimes fail, resulting in the potential loss of critical data. A good tech knows the tools and procedures to diagnose and repair many mass storage problems.
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