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Screens & 2D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science #23

Screens & 2D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science #23

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Today we begin our discussion of computer graphics. So we ended last episode with the proliferation of command line (or text) interfaces, which sometimes used screens, but typically electronic typewriters or teletypes onto paper. But by the early 1960s a number of technologies were introduced to make screens much more useful from cathode ray tubes and graphics cards to ASCII art and light pens. This era would mark a turning point in computing - computers were no longer just number crunching machines, but potential assistants interactively augmenting human tasks. This was the dawn of graphical user interfaces which we-ll cover more in a few episodes. Pre-order our limited edition Crash Course: Computer Science Floppy Disk Coasters here!
Date: 2022-04-04

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LCD doesn't use raster scanning. All pixels that change color are refreshed at specific intervals, usually 60, 120 or 144 times a second. If a pixel stays the same color and intensity, it is not refreshed.
GPUs would sometimes choose to refresh the top half first, and then the bottom, and sometimes divide the display into even more sections for sequential refresh. That is to maintainn sync for input, output and image processing. This may cause an artifact known as -tearing- in video games.

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Carrie Anne is such an amazing instructor. Her voice, volume and energy is just perfect. Now if only the subject matter wasn't too technical for me and I didn't experience headaches after, this would be my favorite course.
Keep up the good work.

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You say that programmers don't write the drawing functions, but use graphic libraries with ready-to-go functions. Are these still just draw functions but made by someone else for time-saving, or is it an entirely different way of drawing graphics?
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Can someone help me find the episode discussing the role of the NSF in laying groundwork for modern computer science? This is a fantastic series, and I want to share it with my colleagues in federal consulting. Thanks!
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I'm actually quite surprised to see gender and race representation in some of these old photo clips. There's a lot of talk now about how stem subjects are white male dominated. What ever happened?
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What I learned from this course made me appreciate the hard work went into technology we use today.
I curious on what more innovations to come. I would like to be part of it too.

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Brings back memories, coders these day are spoilt with bazillion libraries and APIs. I still remember having to read and write a bitmap from file and into a video buffer.
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thank for this video series. but it's very to find next /prev video of the series. can you reorganize this series into one playlist, please!
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3 years deep into my CS degree and this is the video that finally demystified the most fundamental things I've been curious about.
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I've been a programmer for 20 years and I learn new things in many of your videos. They are a treat for absolutely everyone!
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