Introduction to Computing & Programming Algebra in Java(c) A Multimedia Approach

1.1

WHAT IS COMPUTER SCIENCE ABOUT?

1.2

WHAT COMPUTERS UNDERSTAND

1.3

MEDIA COMPUTATION: WHY DIGITIZE MEDIA?

1.4

COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR EVERYONE

Chapter Learning Objectives

• To explain what computer science is about and what computer scientists are concerned with.

• To explain why we digitize media.

• To explain why it's valuable to study computing.

• To use the concept of an encoding.

• To explain what computers understand.