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How Computers Work

What's inside a computer: motherboards, RAM, storage, GPUs, and even quantum computing.

Infographic: How Do Motherboards Work?. The big board that helps all the computer parts work together.
Beginner

How Do Motherboards Work?

The big board that helps all the computer parts work together.

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Infographic: What Is a CPU?. The computer's tiny, super-fast brain.
Beginner

What Is a CPU?

The computer's tiny, super-fast brain.

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Infographic: What Is Binary?. The 0s-and-1s code computers use to understand everything.
Beginner

What Is Binary?

The 0s-and-1s code computers use to understand everything.

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Infographic: What Is an Operating System?. The main software that helps your device work.
Beginner

What Is an Operating System?

The main software that helps your device work.

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Infographic: What Is an App?. A program that helps you do specific tasks on a device.
Beginner

What Is an App?

A program that helps you do specific tasks on a device.

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Infographic: Windows, Linux, and macOS. The three big operating systems, and how they're different.
Beginner

Windows, Linux, and macOS

The three big operating systems, and how they're different.

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Infographic: What Is Cache?. Small, super-fast storage that keeps used data close so things load faster.
Beginner

What Is Cache?

Small, super-fast storage that keeps used data close so things load faster.

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Infographic: What Is a Clipboard?. Temporary storage for the things you copy and paste.
Beginner

What Is a Clipboard?

Temporary storage for the things you copy and paste.

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Infographic: What Is a File?. A collection of data saved on a device so you can use it later.
Beginner

What Is a File?

A collection of data saved on a device so you can use it later.

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Infographic: What Is a Folder?. A container that helps you keep files organized.
Beginner

What Is a Folder?

A container that helps you keep files organized.

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Infographic: What Is RAM?. Your computer's fast, short-term memory workspace.
Beginner

What Is RAM?

Your computer's fast, short-term memory workspace.

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Infographic: What Is a Hard Drive?. How your computer stores things for later.
Beginner

What Is a Hard Drive?

How your computer stores things for later.

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Infographic: What Is an SSD?. Fast storage with no spinning parts.
Beginner

What Is an SSD?

Fast storage with no spinning parts.

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Infographic: How Do GPUs Work?. Many small workers doing math at once, and why AI loves them.
Intermediate

How Do GPUs Work?

Many small workers doing math at once, and why AI loves them.

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Infographic: How Does Quantum Computing Work?. A kid-friendly peek at qubits and superposition.
Intermediate

How Does Quantum Computing Work?

A kid-friendly peek at qubits and superposition.

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Infographic: What Is a Virtual Machine?. A computer running inside another computer, made of software.
Intermediate

What Is a Virtual Machine?

A computer running inside another computer, made of software.

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Infographic: What Is a Factory Reset?. Wiping a device back to a fresh, like-new start.
Beginner

What Is a Factory Reset?

Wiping a device back to a fresh, like-new start.

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