Computer Science

1. Computer Scientist

1.1. Computer science is the study of computers and how computer technology can be used to solve problems.

2. COMPUTER SCIENCE IS NOT

3. Network

3.1. NETWORKS are a group of connected devices (like computers, laptops, and servers). They share information, and may also share resources like a printer.

4. Algorithms and programming

4.1. ALGORITHMS and programming involve writing the programs (code) that tell computers what to do.

5. Computing System

5.1. Computing systems are the machines that run programs and process information.

6. What is computer science and what is not

6.1. COMPUTER SCIENCE IS creating a phone app (application or program) that allows friends to share funny cat videos with each other. programming your own video game.

6.1.1. COMPUTER SCIENCE IS NOT watching videos on the internet of cats riding tricycles. playing your favorite video game.

7. Computer

8. a COMPUTER is a device that stores and processes (changes, moves, or rewrites) information. It can perform complicated computations and organize and store huge amounts of information.

9. Steps for writing a program

9.1. STEP 1: The computer scientist makes a list of step-by-step instructions for what she wants her program to do.

9.2. STEP 2: The computer scientist translates her instructions into a language (code) the computer can understand. Now the algorithm is a program.

10. Data and Analysis

10.1. DATA and ANALYSIS refer to collecting, storing, organizing, and studying facts to help us understand what the data means.

11. Internet

11.1. The INTERNET is the worldwide network that connects millions of computers.