Document Version 01 BINARY Binary is the simplest method of counting for computers. Every single computer program is based on binary, without exception. The concept is simple. You can have a yes or a no; true or false; left or right; up or down; black or white; right or wrong; but how do you convince a computer of that? Anybody who's tried to program anything in any language knows that 95% of the time, the computer is disagreeing with what you think you coded in the program. So long ago, someone decided that in order for a computer to accept values of true or false, they would use numbers; 1 for true, 0 for false. The computer understood. That is the beginning of how binary changed your life. So here's how binary works. We live in a decimal society, not binary, well, if you exclude technology. The word decimal comes from the Latin root Decimalis, meaning 10. The word Binary comes from the Latin meaning two. In Practice Let's start off simple. 1 is 1
HTML 101 Any time you teach, you have to make some assumptions about your students. These are my assumptions about you; I assume that you: Know how to surf the net, Have no prior experience with HTML, Are not a computer programmer, Know how to create, edit, and save files. That’s it! It doesn’t matter whether you want to learn HTML because you have to or because you think it would be fun. There are two subjects you need to learn, no three, no four—yes, four subjects you need to learn in order to make attractive web pages: HTML - HyperText Markup Language, the language of the web; CSS - Cascading Style Sheets, provides the “look and feel” of web pages; JavaScript - This isn’t absolutely necessary, but knowing a little programming can help you make your web pages more interactive and interesting; It helps if you know a little about creating graphics and editing photos. Again, not absolutely necessary, but knowing how to work with images will make your web pages more attractive.