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Mandatory Reading on How the Internet Works

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Last updated 6 months ago

Please go through these materials before TechUp. These materials will be covered in the quiz on 14 May (30 MCQ, 70% score to pass TechUp).

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  1. Introducing how computers work

  2. What makes a computer, a computer?

  3. Binary & data

  4. Circuits & logic

  5. CPU, memory, input & output

  6. Hardware and software

25 min

  1. What is the Internet?

  2. Wires, Cables & Wifi

  3. IP Addresses & DNS

  4. Packets, Routing & Reliability

  5. HTTP & HTML

  6. Encryption & Public Keys

45 min

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7 min

Code.org YouTube playlist: How Computers Work
Code.org YouTube playlist: How the Internet Works
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