Before you can secure technology, you need to understand how it works. Explore what's inside a computer, from hardware basics to the cloud.

This module covers the fundamentals of how computers work. You'll start by exploring what's inside a computer, the components that make it tick and how they work together. From there, you'll discover the different types of computers and their specialisations, learn how systems communicate with each other through client-server relationships, and explore how virtualisation lets us create multiple virtual machines from a single computer. The module wraps up with cloud computing, showing how virtualisation scales up to power the services we use every day.

Inside a Computer System

This room covers the basic components of a computer system.

Computer Types

Explore the different types of computers, from laptops to the tiny chips inside your coffee machine.

Client-Server Basics

This room teaches the basics of the Client-Server model.

Virtualisation Basics

Learn why virtualisation powers modern IT, improving efficiency and safely isolating environments.

Cloud Computing Fundamentals

Discover how cloud computing helps businesses move faster, do more, and scale with less effort.

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Operating Systems Basics

Learn the fundamentals of operating systems and how users interact with Windows and Linux through graphical and command line interfaces.

What are modules?

A learning pathway is made up of modules, and a module is made of bite-sized rooms (think of a room like a mini security lab).

Hierarchical diagram showing how learning pathways contain modules, which contain individual rooms.

Computer Fundamentals

Inside a Computer System

Computer Types

Client-Server Basics

Virtualisation Basics

Cloud Computing Fundamentals

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