Volume 01 of 03

Foundations: How Everyday Technology Works

Start from zero and build a dependable mental model of computers, the internet, software, data, security, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.

This volume

Chapter index

10 chapters

  1. Chapter 0110/10 publishedDigital Foundations 1-10What Is Technology? A Simple Explanation Beyond Gadgets84 min
  2. Chapter 0210/10 publishedComputer Hardware 11-20The Main Parts of a Computer: A Beginner's Map of the Machine71 min
  3. Chapter 0310/10 publishedOperating Systems 21-30What an Operating System Does: The Manager Between Apps and Hardware66 min
  4. Chapter 0410/10 publishedInternet and Networks 31-40What Is a Computer Network? Connected Devices Plus Shared Rules66 min
  5. Chapter 0510/10 publishedThe Web 41-50DNS: Names for Internet Addresses and Other Routing Information61 min
  6. Chapter 0610/10 publishedProgramming 51-60What Is a Program? Precise Instructions for a Computing System60 min
  7. Chapter 0710/10 publishedData and Databases 61-70What Is Data? Recorded Representations That Need Context60 min
  8. Chapter 0810/10 publishedCloud and Modern Infrastructure 71-80What Is Cloud Computing? Rented, Programmable Infrastructure63 min
  9. Chapter 0910/10 publishedCybersecurity 81-90What Cybersecurity Protects: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability64 min
  10. Chapter 1010/10 publishedAI and Emerging Technology 91-100Artificial Intelligence: A Field of Task-Specific Computational Systems71 min