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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


  • I

    ISC2

    Incident Response, BC, and DR Concepts

    Skills you'll gain: Incident Response, Incident Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Cybersecurity, Security Management, Computer Security Incident Management, Crisis Management, Information Assurance, Service Recovery

    4.7 stars, 280 reviews, Beginner, Course, 1 - 3 Months

    ★ 4.7 (280) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free trial
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  • A

    Arizona State University

    Experimental Design Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Experimentation, Sample Size Determination, Research Design, Statistical Analysis, Science and Research, Statistical Methods, Scientific Methods, Data Analysis Software, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Sampling (Statistics), Statistical Software, Mathematical Software, Design Strategies, Probability & Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Variance Analysis

    4.7 stars, 317 reviews, Intermediate, Course, 1 - 3 Months

    ★ 4.7 (317) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free trial
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  • P

    Pearson

    AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty

    Skills you'll gain: Model Training, Model Deployment, Exploratory Data Analysis, Model Evaluation, Cloud Deployment, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Data Wrangling, Model Optimization, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon CloudWatch, Application Deployment, AWS Kinesis, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Pipelines, Regression Analysis, Box Plots

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • L

    LearnQuest

    Front-End Developer

    Skills you'll gain: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Restful API, Web Services, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), HTML and CSS, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Software Design, Java, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Object Oriented Design, Software Design Patterns, Software Architecture, Web Design, Web Design and Development, Web Applications, Front-End Web Development, Web Development, Program Development

    4.2 stars, 32 reviews, Beginner, Specialization, 1 - 3 Months

    ★ 4.2 (32) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free trial
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  • S

    SkillUp

    Java: Design Patterns, Testing, and Deployment

    Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Integration Testing, Continuous Integration, Docker (Software), Java, Cloud Deployment, Containerization, Software Design Patterns, Microservices, Build Tools, Cloud-Native Computing, Object Oriented Design, Software Design, Functional Design

    4.8 stars, 13 reviews, Intermediate, Course, 1 - 4 Weeks

    ★ 4.8 (13) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • U

    University of California San Diego

    Social Computing

    Skills you'll gain: Collaborative Software, Telecommuting, Team Collaboration, Human Computer Interaction, Social Impact, Social Network Analysis, Interaction Design, Social Sciences, Driving engagement, Digital Communications

    4.4 stars, 820 reviews, Mixed, Course, 1 - 4 Weeks

    ★ 4.4 (820) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • A

    Adobe

    AI Tools for Creatives powered by Adobe Firefly

    Skills you'll gain: Adobe Firefly, AI powered creativity, Prompt Engineering, Adobe Express, Collaborative Software, Adobe Creative Cloud, Generative AI, Adobe Photoshop, Generative AI Agents, AI Personalization, AI Workflows, Content Creation, Data Import/Export, Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Creativity, Storytelling, Brand Strategy, Branding

    5 stars, 14 reviews, Beginner, Course, 1 - 4 Weeks

    ★ 5 (14) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • A

    Arizona State University

    Semiconductor Characterization

    Skills you'll gain: Semiconductors, Analytical Testing, Electronic Components, Engineering, Scientific, and Technical Instruments, Analytical Chemistry, Image Analysis, Electronics, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Laboratory Equipment, Production Process, Test Equipment, Materials science, Electrical Engineering, Laboratory Testing, Manufacturing Processes, Process Control, Electronics Engineering, Structural Analysis, Laboratory Research, Laboratory Experience

    4.8 stars, 137 reviews, Intermediate, Specialization, 3 - 6 Months

    ★ 4.8 (137) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    Status: Free trial
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  • E

    Epic Games

    User Experience in Game Design

    Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Unreal Engine, User Interface (UI), User Experience Design, Usability, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Experience, User Interface (UI) Design, Video Game Development, Automation

    4.1 stars, 24 reviews, Beginner, Course, 1 - 4 Weeks

    ★ 4.1 (24) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free trial
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  • P

    Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

    Introducción al Desarrollo de Software

    Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Unified Modeling Language, Software Development Methodologies, Software Development, Process Driven Development, Waterfall Methodology

    4.9 stars, 152 reviews, Beginner, Course, 1 - 4 Weeks

    ★ 4.9 (152) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • U

    University of Washington

    Data Manipulation at Scale: Systems and Algorithms

    Skills you'll gain: Big Data, Relational Databases, Database Systems, Dataflow, Databases, Data Science, Database Theory, Data Manipulation, Data Store, Data Processing, Database Management Systems, NoSQL, Apache Spark, Distributed Computing, Apache Hadoop, SQL, Data Analysis, Query Languages, Cloud Computing, Python Programming

    4.3 stars, 773 reviews, Mixed, Course, 1 - 3 Months

    ★ 4.3 (773) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free trial
    Free trial
  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    AI for Cybersecurity

    Skills you'll gain: Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Anomaly Detection, AI Security, Fraud detection, Model Evaluation, Malware Protection, Cybersecurity, Threat Detection, Feature Engineering, Network Analysis, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Security Strategy, Classification Algorithms, Email Security, Network Security, Jupyter, Authentications, Machine Learning Methods, Machine Learning Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence

    4.3 stars, 139 reviews, Intermediate, Specialization, 3 - 6 Months

    ★ 4.3 (139) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    Status: Free trial
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular computer fundamentals courses

  • Incident Response, BC, and DR Concepts: ISC2
  • Experimental Design Basics: Arizona State University
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty: Pearson
  • Front-End Developer: LearnQuest
  • Java: Design Patterns, Testing, and Deployment: SkillUp
  • Social Computing: University of California San Diego
  • AI Tools for Creatives powered by Adobe Firefly: Adobe
  • Semiconductor Characterization: Arizona State University
  • User Experience in Game Design: Epic Games
  • Introducción al Desarrollo de Software: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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