COMP 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Code.Org, Bitcoin
16 Sep 2016
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The scientific and practical approach to computation and its applications. The systematic study of the feasibility, structure, expression and mechanization of the methodical procedures . The study of how to manipulate, manage, transform and encode information. It"s all about finding ways to solve problems on a computer. Often, applications are simple but people want to use them to exchange information. Developing computation thinking skills will help you analyze and solve so many problems you are likely to face in any field. Its rigorous, logical approach to problem solving is helpful Understanding how computers operate, ad to which problems they can be effectively applied to any career. First decentralized digital currency you can send through internet directly person to person, not through banks. Google created a car that drives itself- no steering wheel in car, etc. Improved emergency response time by 30% in rio de janiero. It has maps, graphs and etc. to make cities more efficient and predict issues.
