Course Content
Part 2: Talking Without Words
How people used to send messages across long distances The story of light flashes, drum beats, smoke signals, and Morse code Why using dots and dashes (or 0s and 1s) is so powerful. Let’s Talk in Just Two Choices: On or Off - What is binary, and why do computers love it? How “on” and “off” can mean anything—yes/no, true/false, A/B Why 2 choices are enough to build everything
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Part 3: How Electricity Can Carry a Message
What is a circuit? How flipping a switch sends a message Why computers are made of millions of tiny switches.
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Part 4: Building Ideas Using Only Switches
What is a logic gate? (Explained without saying “logic gate”) How switches can help us decide things How “AND,” “OR,” and “NOT” control what a computer does.
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Part 5: How to Count, Add, and Remember With Just Wires
How computers add numbers using only switches What memory really is: remembering a single bit, then a byte How your computer stores your name, photos, and passwords. How switches can do math with just yes/no What memory means for a machine What bits and bytes really are (without the jargon). What are AND, OR, NOT, and more. How pictures, words, and videos are stored as 0s and 1s.
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Part 6: Making Bigger Ideas with Tiny Ones
What is a byte? What is a file? How letters, music, pictures, and videos become 0s and 1s What happens when you type on a keyboard
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Part 7: Meet the Heart of the Computer — the CPU
What the CPU really does (without calling it “central processing unit”) How it reads instructions, decides things, and tells others what to do How fast is it, really?
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Part 8: Let’s Look Inside a Real Computer
What is a motherboard? How all the parts connect: CPU, memory, storage, input/output What happens when you turn a computer on.
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Part 9: What Is Software and Who Tells It What to Do?
What is an operating system? How computers follow code like a recipe What happens when you open an app
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Part 10: How Is a Phone Like a Computer?
What’s different inside a phone or tablet? How mobile computers are smaller—but just as powerful Why phones still need the same ideas: binary, circuits, memory.
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Let’s Find Out How Computers Work

🔍 Why This Matters

Single gates (like AND or OR) are like single thoughts. But real decisions often need many thoughts together.

Let’s see how we can combine gates to do more complex things.

 

🧠 Example: A Door Lock

Imagine a digital lock that should open only if:

  • The person entered the right code

  • AND it’s daytime

  • AND the battery has charge

That needs three AND gates chained together.

 

🔁 Example: A Smart Light

Turn ON the light if:

  • It’s dark OR someone walks in

  • BUT only if the switch is NOT off

That’s:

  • OR between “dark” and “motion”

  • AND with “switch is ON”

  • AND a NOT gate for “switch is OFF”

See how logic blocks can be stacked like Lego pieces?

This is how all decisions in computers are made.

 

🔍 Why This Is Powerful

With just these blocks, you can:

  • Do math

  • Check passwords

  • Play music

  • Run games

Everything in a computer starts with just switches—and rules.