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The First Programming Languages: Crash Course Computer Science #11

In this series, we're going to trace the origins of our modern computers, take a closer look at the ideas that gave us our current hardware and software, discuss how and why our smart devices just keep getting smarter, and even look towards the future!

The First Programming Languages: Crash Course Computer Science #11

Season 1 Episode 11 | 10m 56s | CC

So we ended last episode with programming at the hardware level with things like plugboards and huge panels of switches, but what was really needed was a more versatile way to program computers - software!

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