You wouldn't want to live without coding!

Without coding, all the computers in the world would just be useless boxes of plastic and metal. You could feed information into them, but they wouldnt know what to do with it. Coding means creating a set of instructions (or algorithms) that tells a computer how to perform a task. Another word for c...

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Main Author: Woolf, Alex, 1964- (Author)
Other Authors: Antram, David, 1958- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2019.
Series: You wouldn't want to--
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Summary: Without coding, all the computers in the world would just be useless boxes of plastic and metal. You could feed information into them, but they wouldnt know what to do with it. Coding means creating a set of instructions (or algorithms) that tells a computer how to perform a task. Another word for coding is programming. Learn about how much we rely on coding in our daily lives to control things such as smartphones and laptops, kitchen appliances, weather forecasts, traffic lights, heating systems, elevators, cars, and the greenhouses where our food is grown.
Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780531193600
0531193608
9780531128121
0531128121
9781549072635
1549072633
Author Notes: Antram was born in Brighton, England. He studied at Eastbourne College of Art and then worked in advertising for 15 years before becoming a full-time artist.