Being almost 30 years old I grew up when personal computers just started entering the homes of Americans. Of course as a child I has no clue what these things did but I knew I could play games on them. It wasn’t until high school that I started to understand what went on inside a computer when I took an electronics/CPU course after school one year. The first thing we were taught was binary numbers and yes I did hear the “only 10 people understand binary numbers…” joke.
It is amazing to see how much technology has changed over the years with computers. I remember the big black floppy disks turn into hard smaller disks and then into CD’s, and now it is all USB. The principles are all very similar but the technology has changed immensely. Just because I took come intro to computers and electronics does not mean I am a computer genius. I actually only know the basics and this week I learned a lot more than I thought I could going into this course.
My electronics abilities are minimal, see below the resistor that I replaced on the power control circuit board of my Samsung LCD TV. Needless to say I will not be purchasing a Samsung ever again. After this first week of diving into the book I hope I learn more to get me to pursue a career in computers. I work at the technology building of a life insurance company and there are so many possibilities here for growth, at least in the technology department, not the printing department that I work in.
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