DH Preparation Videos

DH Primer: Working with Computers

These are a series of videos that were produced by instructors Ahmad Kamal and Daniel Ihrmark to gently introduce some core concepts in computing for incoming DH students who may benefit from such tutorials. The topics covered at present are:

• Introduction: A conversational overview of important topics
• What is a computers?
• What is a text file?
• File formats and extensions
  
• Data structures and formats
• What is software?
  
• Failing forwards