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CourseComputer Architecture: Introduction
Learn about the basics of computer architecture and work with binary numbers and logic gates.
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Ready to start your journey into Computer Architecture? Take Computer Architecture: Introduction and dive into the world of the computer and its inner workings. Computer architecture describes the rules, organization of components, and processes that make a computer functional.
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Introduction to Computer Architecture
Get started with computer architecture by learning about how a computer works, the binary numbering system, and logic gates.
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