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Computer Fundamentals Courses

Computer fundamentals courses can help you learn basic hardware and software concepts, operating systems, networking, and cybersecurity principles. You can build skills in troubleshooting, system maintenance, and understanding data management practices. Many courses introduce tools like Windows, Linux, and various programming languages, showing how these skills apply in everyday computing tasks and professional environments.


Popular Computer Fundamentals Courses and Certifications


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    Packt

    Intermediate Ethical Hacking Hands-on Training

    Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Metasploit, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Network Protocols, Vulnerability Assessments, Cyber Security Assessment, Exploitation techniques, Brute-force attacks, Windows PowerShell, Active Directory, Network Security, Network Analysis, Microsoft Windows, Wireless Networks, Scripting, Virtual Environment

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Fine Tune BERT for Text Classification with TensorFlow

    Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Keras (Neural Network Library), Model Evaluation, Transfer Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Preprocessing, Deep Learning, Data Pipelines

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    211 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Data Visualization in R with ggplot2

    Skills you'll gain: Ggplot2, Scatter Plots, Plot (Graphics), Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Heat Maps, R Programming, Graphical Tools, Data Wrangling, Tidyverse (R Package), Graphics Software

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    131 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    H

    Howard University

    Fundamental Linear Algebra Concepts with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Linear Algebra, NumPy, Applied Mathematics, Algebra, Python Programming, Data Manipulation

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    18 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    F

    Fractal Analytics

    Model Context Protocol (MCP) Mastery

    Skills you'll gain: Model Context Protocol, AI Security, Threat Modeling, AI Workflows, Secure Coding, LLM Application, Enterprise Architecture, Generative AI Agents, Security Controls, Interoperability, Agentic systems, Generative AI

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    52 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Modern Regression Analysis in R

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Statistical Modeling, Regression Analysis, Data Ethics, Statistical Methods, Data Science, R Programming, Data Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Mathematical Modeling, Probability & Statistics, Model Evaluation, Feature Engineering

    Build toward a degree

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    31 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Scrimba

    Improve your CSS

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Typography, UI Components, Web Design, HTML and CSS, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), Browser Compatibility, Interactive Design, Usability, Web Design and Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Front-End Web Development, Animations, Color Theory, Web Development, Web Development Tools

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
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    E

    EDUCBA

    Spring Boot REST API: Real-World Java Projects

    Skills you'll gain: Restful API, API Design, API Testing, Spring Boot, Authentications, Test Automation, JSON, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Script Development, Application Deployment, Spring Framework, Object-Relational Mapping, Test Case, Software Quality Assurance, Back-End Web Development, Integration Testing, Software Engineering, Data Modeling, Java Programming, Java

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    50 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Codio

    API Development

    Skills you'll gain: OAuth, Web Development Tools, Authentications, Web Servers, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud API, Restful API, Server Side, JSON, Software Documentation, Javascript, Web Services, Application Security

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Develop a UX Customer Problem Statement in Miro

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Design Thinking, User Experience, User Centered Design, Customer experience strategy (CX), Business Intelligence, User Interface (UI) Design, Miro AI, Customer Analysis, Collaborative Software

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Codio

    Select Topics in Python: Natural Language Processing

    Skills you'll gain: Text Mining, Large Language Modeling, Natural Language Processing, Data Processing, LLM Application, Python Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Preview
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    A

    Amazon Web Services

    Containerized Applications on AWS

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon CloudWatch, Containerization, Microservices, Docker (Software), Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Application Deployment, Serverless Computing, System Monitoring, Scalability

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    178 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular computer fundamentals courses

  • Intermediate Ethical Hacking Hands-on Training: Packt
  • Fine Tune BERT for Text Classification with TensorFlow: Coursera
  • Data Visualization in R with ggplot2: Johns Hopkins University
  • Fundamental Linear Algebra Concepts with Python: Howard University
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) Mastery: Fractal Analytics
  • Modern Regression Analysis in R: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Improve your CSS: Scrimba
  • Spring Boot REST API: Real-World Java Projects: EDUCBA
  • API Development: Codio
  • Develop a UX Customer Problem Statement in Miro: Coursera

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