From punched cards to compilers, languages, operating systems, the terminal, and what an executable file really is.
You will be able to say exactly what a program is at the lowest level, and You will be able to take a handful of bytes and work out, by hand, what the...
You will be able to name every stage between the text you type and the You will be able to take one five-word C function and follow it through...
You will be able to say what a programming language actually is, and why You will be able to read a small program in six different languages and see...
You will be able to say exactly what an operating system is, and name the You will be able to describe what a kernel is, what lives inside it, and why...
You will be able to say what a terminal actually was, as a physical You will be able to tell apart five things that people constantly mix up:...
You will be able to say exactly what a file is, and why there is no such You will be able to explain what a file extension really does on Windows, on...