Volume 1: Foundations: How Everyday Technology Works1/10
Chapter 01 of 10
Digital Foundations 1-10
10 lessons84 min readingParts 1-10
- 01What Is Technology?What makes something technology, and does it always need electricity?11 min read11 min read
- 02Analog and Digital InformationWhy do computers turn sound, pictures, and text into numbers?9 min read9 min read
- 03Bits and BytesWhat are the tiny units behind every file and program?8 min read8 min read
- 04Why Computers Use BinaryWhy do computers use only zero and one instead of ordinary decimal numbers?8 min read8 min read
- 05How Binary Represents NumbersHow can a sequence such as 1011 mean an ordinary number?8 min read8 min read
- 06How Text Becomes DataHow does a computer store letters, punctuation, and emoji?8 min read8 min read
- 07How Images Become DataWhat is actually inside a digital photograph?8 min read8 min read
- 08How Sound Becomes DataHow can changing air pressure become a playable audio file?8 min read8 min read
- 09Compression: Making Files SmallerHow can a file shrink without becoming useless?8 min read8 min read
- 10File Size, Storage, and SpeedWhy does file size affect storage, downloads, and performance differently?8 min read8 min read