From Video Games and Computers to Microwaves and Washing Machines, "code" runs well more than most might even fathom! Understanding a little bit of history and why things are the way they are can take the mystery and uncertainty out of any subject and add a concrete understanding of it. Understanding a topic more thoroughly can help you apply your knowledge of the topic in a more efficient and effective manner, in other words, those who don't understand the history are doomed to repeat it.

There are numerous tutorials on the web that focus on teaching to a very specific language or idiom, but if you don't know where to start, learning any of it could be moot. As history and academics have shown, it's important to understand the why more so than the how.

The topics covered here focus on Computer Science and Engineering (including software and hardware), but do so from a more human perspective. We cover a cornucopia of idioms to introduce you to the what and why and let you choose which topics you wish to dive deeper on the how; mastering any one language, tool, or idea by itself could cover entire book series, and as a cursory search would show, regularly does!

Technology changes often, but the core knowledge that drives all the change has not changed in decades and centuries.

Enjoy! :)

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