Technical Foundations
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VITechnical Foundationschecked 91 days ago13 min read
What a Computer Actually Does: CPU, RAM, Disk, OS
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A labelled model of what happens when you open an app — the job the CPU, RAM, disk and OS each do
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- 01A computer is a very fast, very stupid machine that follows instructions
- 02Everything is instructions on numbers
- 03The four parts and what each is for
- 04The speed hierarchy (this explains most "why slow?" questions)
- 05What happens when you open an app (put it together)
- 06What this means for you
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