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Unit 2: Computer and Internet Basics

How the Internet and the Web work: the five roles, the request trip, and local, remote, and cloud.

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  1. Unit 1: Computer Hardware
    1. What Makes a Computer?
    2. Four Jobs of a Computer
    3. Data and Information
    4. CPU, RAM, and Storage
    5. Devices and Ports
    6. Choosing Hardware
    7. Hardware Review
  2. Unit 2: Computer and Internet Basics
    1. The Five Roles
    2. The Request Trip
    3. Local, Remote, and the Cloud
    4. Unit Review
  3. Unit 5: Digital Representation and File Management
    1. Only Two Choices: Bits and Switches
    2. Counting in Binary
    3. Same Bits, Different Meaning
    4. Pictures, Sound and Size
    5. Adding in Binary
    6. Binary Review

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  1. 1Next topicThe Five RolesWho does what when you go online
    • The Five Roles ClassworkClasswork
    • The Five Roles HomeworkHomework
  2. 2The Request TripFrom your tap to a finished page
    • The Request Trip ClassworkClasswork
    • The Request Trip HomeworkHomework
  3. 3Local, Remote, and the CloudWhere your stuff really lives
    • Local, Remote, and the Cloud ClassworkClasswork
    • Local, Remote, and the Cloud HomeworkHomework
  4. ReviewUnit ReviewTest yourself and get ready

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    Read how your browser asks a web server for page files and builds the page from them.

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