Khan Academy: What Is an Algorithm and Why Should You Care?

Learn the basics of algorithms in computer programming. [5:27]

Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. In this video Rishi talks about afterload and explains what it is.

What is the internet? Short answer: a distributed packet-switched network. This is the introduction video to the series, 'How the Internet Works'. Vint Cerf, one of the 'fathers of the internet' explains the history of the net and how no...

What is the limit of computer memory? [5:23]

What is Cryptography? A story which takes us from Caesar to Claude Shannon. [1:31]

What is an algorithm? It's a sequence of steps that you follow to solve a problem. In everyday life, you might have an algorithm for hanging up your laundry, efficiently going through a shopping list, or finding an empty parking space in...

Learn the basics of what makes up a computer.

Programming is the process of creating a set of instructions that tell a computer how to perform a task. Programming can be done using a variety of computer 'languages,' such as SQL, Java, Python, and C++. [2:00]

Programming is the process of creating a set of instructions that tell a computer how to perform a task. Programming can be done using a variety of computer programming languages, such as JavaScript, Python, and C++. [2:00]

Find out the basics of modular arithmetic.