Name: Infinite Loop
Uploaded: 2024-02-15 00:30:31
Duration: 3 min 8 s
Description: Explore what causes an infinite loop.

How do computers work? Learn the basics with these fun animated shorts.

Computer programs are codes that programmers write and store on a computer. Find out more about them!

Computer Program

Discover the two types of memory that computers use to function.

Computer Memory

Discover what artificial intelligence is and how it is used in everyday life.

Artificial Intelligence

Explore how we can communicate with computers and tell them what we want them to do.

Programming Language

Explore how we use characters, strings and compilers to communicate with computers.

Characters

Discover how strings are used as a means of communication.

String Text

Functions make computer programming a lot easier! Find out why they are so important.

Functions

Find out what a conditional statement is and why it needs to be written carefully.

Conditional Statement

Find out how you can stop a loop from running before it finishes its cycle.

Break Loop

Infinite Loop

Find out how loops are used in programming and how they can be broken.

Programming Loop

Discover why computers go into idle states and why it is so important for them.

Idle

Find out why repetition is so important in computer programming.

Repetition

Find out why we use computers for return values.

Return Value

Explore how computers can recognise colour by using sensors.

Colour Detection

Discover how sorting can be used in programming and how it can lead to more efficient processing.

Sorting

Discover how computers get information from their environments so they can do their jobs properly.

Source

Time is just as important to computers as it is to humans. Find out why!

Time

Flow charts are very helpful! Find out why they are the best tool for people who don't know how to code to communicate with programmers.

Flow Chart

Find out how to get a clear picture of what a final computer programme will look like.

Logic Programming

Discover how we represent so many different types of information using the limited set of characters on computer keyboards.

Type Conversion

Without inputs, computers would not be as widely used or as useful as they are today. Get the low-down on them.

Inputs

Find out why input sensors are the link between computer programmes and the real world.

Input Sensor

Explore how a programme responds to a user and to its environment.

Input Variable

Just like humans, computers need to make decisions. Find out how they do so through comparison.