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eternaloptimist

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Hey all,
So finally doing a Higher Diploma in Computer Science and one of my modules is Computational Thinking. A week into to the course they've introduced Shannon's entropy equation(Information Theory). I have no idea what this is lol. Can anyone help or point me to something that will help me understand? Or maybe what basics I need to learn first?

Another module I am struggling with is Computer Architecture Organization. Logic gates, flip flop, latch, boolean algebra :erm:

I have been programming for a while but never did I think that this stuff could be so hard haha.

Thanks!
 
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eternaloptimist said:
Hey all,
So finally doing a Higher Diploma in Computer Science and one of my modules is Computational Thinking. A week into to the course they've introduced Shannon's entropy equation(Information Theory). I have no idea what this is lol. Can anyone help or point me to something that will help me understand? Or maybe what basics I need to learn first?

Another module I am struggling with is Computer Architecture Organization. Logic gates, flip flop, latch, boolean algebra :erm:

I have been programming for a while but never did I think that this stuff could be so hard haha.

Thanks!
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You're most likely gonna struggle later in the course as it gets substantially more complex. But here is a basic introduction.

http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/elessonshtml/logic/logic1.html
 
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Comp Sci is freakin harder than my dick right now - I had to drop it a few years back and pursue Psych/Education :(
 
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eternaloptimist

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Hey all, could someone explain to me what information theory is and why we might want to calculate it? I'm stumped here.
 
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Willie Trombone

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eternaloptimist said:
Hey all,
So finally doing a Higher Diploma in Computer Science and one of my modules is Computational Thinking. A week into to the course they've introduced Shannon's entropy equation(Information Theory). I have no idea what this is lol. Can anyone help or point me to something that will help me understand? Or maybe what basics I need to learn first?

Another module I am struggling with is Computer Architecture Organization. Logic gates, flip flop, latch, boolean algebra :erm:

I have been programming for a while but never did I think that this stuff could be so hard haha.

Thanks!
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Boolean algebra wasn't easy for me either...
Time and practice!
 
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